Plans should abstractly describe intended behavior
Karl Pfleger, Barbara Hayes‐Roth · 1996
ly Describe Intended Behavior Karl Pfleger [email protected] Barbara Hayes-Roth [email protected] Computer Science Department Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 Abstract Planning is the process of formulating a potential course of action. How courses of action (plans) produced by a planning module are represented and how they are used by execution-oriented modules of a complex agent to influence or dictate behavior are critical architectural issues. In contrast to the traditional model of plans as executable programs that dictate precise behaviors, we claim that autonomous agents inhabiting dynamic, unpredictable environments can make better use of plans that only abstractly describe their intended behavior. Such plans only influence or constrain behavior, rather than dictating it. This idea has been discussed in a variety of contexts, but it is seldom incorporated into working complex agents. Experiments involving instantiations of our Adaptive Intelligent Systems ...