Research on Parallelism in Problem-Solving Systems.
Abstract
This report describes the progress to date on work to date under the contract. Research on planning and problem-solving systems was begun at SRI International in September 1979. Progress has been described in detail in three annual reports (1980, 1981, and 1982). The main task of this research program is to develop powerful methods of representing, generating and executing hierarchical plans that contain parallel actions. Execution involves monitoring the state of the world and possibly replanning if things do not proceed as expected. Two different approaches to these problems are being pursued under this contract. The first is heuristic; it involves building an actual computer program that provides a representation from which it then generates plans. This approach comprises the majority of the effort on this project. The second approach is to investigate the theoretical foundations of planning. This will not, in all likelihood, result in a program, but it will formalize the planning problem and one solution to it. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 03, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA144414
Entities
People
- D. E. Wilkins
Organizations
- SRI International