Intelligent, Real-Time Problem Solving. Phase 3

Abstract : Progress was made in the IRTPS initiative in five areas: resolving the relationship between deliberative and reactive planning with a framework for their effective combination; modeling the real-time performance of the Phoenix planner through the application of a powerful statistical technique - path analysis that can be used to build causal models from observed behavior; developing and applying design-to-time scheduling to design a solution that uses all available resources to maximize solution quality within available time; extending previous work on the real,-time monitoring and control structure we call envelopes; and finally, in a new body of research started in Phase III, delineating a taxonomy of monitoring problems found in real-time domains, and developing optimal monitoring strategies to address these problems.