Numerical Kernels for Monitoring and Repairing Plans Involving Continuous and Consumable Resources

Enrico Scala

2013

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a technique for monitoring and repairing a plan dealing with continuous and consumable resources. The mechanism relies on the notion of numerical kernel. Concretely, a numerical kernel establishes the sufficient and necessary conditions for a plan to be valid in a specific state of the system. We employ the mechanism in a continual planning agent and we evaluate experimentally the approach for the Zenotravel domain. Results show good cpu-time w.r.t. a traditional replanning from scratch.

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Scala E. (2013). Numerical Kernels for Monitoring and Repairing Plans Involving Continuous and Consumable Resources . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8565-39-6, pages 531-534. DOI: 10.5220/0004260205310534


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@conference{icaart13,
author={Enrico Scala},
title={Numerical Kernels for Monitoring and Repairing Plans Involving Continuous and Consumable Resources},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2013},
pages={531-534},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004260205310534},
isbn={978-989-8565-39-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - Numerical Kernels for Monitoring and Repairing Plans Involving Continuous and Consumable Resources
SN - 978-989-8565-39-6
AU - Scala E.
PY - 2013
SP - 531
EP - 534
DO - 10.5220/0004260205310534