Workshop on

KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS

in conjunction with the

14th International Conference on Planning and Scheduling

June 3-7, 2004

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

AI applications are often knowledge intensive, and planning tasks are no exception. While much research is being conducted on formal properties and algorithmic aspects of planning, an important open issue is how these approaches work when integrated with complex domain knowledge. This workshop will focus on practical issues of knowledge capture for planning applications, including:

∑ design and development of knowledge-intensive planning applications

∑ expressive knowledge representation languages for planning

∑ interactive approaches to the formulation of planning knowledge

∑ learning techniques to acquire planning knowledge

∑ knowledge engineering of planning domains

∑ knowledge extraction from on-line sources

∑ knowledge exchange among cooperating planning agents

∑ customization and adaptation of planning domains

∑ integration of planning with complementary or specialized techniques to represent and reason about knowledge

∑ integration of knowledge-based approaches and planning algorithms

∑ maintenance of planning domain knowledge

The workshop will include long and short paper presentations, a demonstration and poster session, and discussion sessions. Short papers are encouraged with brief overviews of ongoing or preliminary work, as well as discussions or position statements.

SUBMISSIONS AND PARTICIPATION

There is no early deadline for demonstrations or posters. One-page descriptions of these submissions should be sent to the co-chairs, and will be compiled and distributed at the workshop. Long paper submissions should be at most six pages, short papers should be at most two. The deadline is February 17, 2004. All submissions should use the same format as the ICAPS main program submissions and be mailed in PDF format to kcap-icaps03@isi.edu.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

David Aha

Melinda Gervasio

Yolanda Gil (co-chair)

Lee McCluskey

Sheila McIlraith

Enrico Motta

Nicola Muscetola

Dana Nau

Ben Smith (co-chair)