nancy@GRASP.CIS.UPENN.EDU.UUCP (03/12/87)
I have recently begun a project to examine the current techniques and capabilities of planning and scheduling systems. This covers a wide range of potential techniques and implementations; the systems of interest can range from robotic task planners to mission planners to job shop schedulers, using structures ranging from expert systems to classical programs to neural nets, using techniques ranging from means-ends analysis to constraint propagation to simplex algorithms. Pointers to any systems, either from the literature or work currently in progress, would be appreciated. I particularly am interested in acquiring information concerning the problem domain, the structure and technique(s) used aspects of the domain of the system that lead to the choice of structure and techniques, the strengths and weaknesses of the system, and an opinion as to the portability of the system to other domains. Maybe its deja vu, but I seem to recall another recent request to AIList concerning planning systems. A pointer to that source would also be appreciated. Results of this survey can be posted to the net if there is sufficient interest. USmail would be appreciated, as my net address is capricious: Nancy Sliwa MS 152D NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23665-5225 An E-mail address, if absolutely necessary: nancy%upenn-grasp@upenn Much thanks!