Planning and execution with flexible timelines: a formal account

M Cialdea Mayer, A Orlandini, A Umbrico - Acta Informatica, 2016 - Springer
Planning for real world problems with explicit temporal constraints is a challenging problem.
Among several approaches, the use of flexible timelines in Planning and Scheduling has …

Unifying planning and scheduling as timelines in a component-based perspective

A Cesta, S Fratini, F Pecora - Archives of Control Science, 2008 - diva-portal.org
The timeline-based approach to planning represents an effective alternative to classical
planning for complex domains requiring the use of both temporal reasoning and scheduling …

Gaining efficiency and flexibility in the simple temporal problem

A Cesta, A Oddi - Proceedings Third International Workshop on …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deals with the problem of managing quantitative temporal networks without disjunctive
constraints. This problem is known as the" simple temporal problem". Dynamic management …

Engineering and compiling planning domain models to promote validity and efficiency

TL McCluskey, JM Porteous - Artificial Intelligence, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper postulates a rigorous method for the construction of classical planning domain
models. We describe, with the help of a non-trivial example, a tool-supported method for …

[PDF][PDF] Develo** an end-to-end planning application from a timeline representation framework

A Cesta, G Cortellessa, S Fratini, A Oddi - Twenty-First IAAI …, 2009 - cdn.aaai.org
This paper describes aspects of a project aiming at creating a general, flexible and reusable
software architecture to address planning problems in space missions. It introduces recent …

A constraint-based approach for proactive, context-aware human support

F Pecora, M Cirillo, F Dell'Osa… - Journal of Ambient …, 2012 - content.iospress.com
In this article we address the problem of realizing a service-providing reasoning
infrastructure for pro-active human assistance in intelligent environments. We propose SAM …

Automated planning and scheduling for goal-based autonomous spacecraft

S Chien, B Smith, G Rabideau… - … Systems and their …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated planning and scheduling technology enables a new class of autonomous
spacecraft. We describe our use of symbolic AI in planning systems, provide an overview of …

Linear temporal logic as an executable semantics for planning languages

MC Mayer, C Limongelli, A Orlandini… - Journal of Logic …, 2007 - Springer
This paper presents an approach to artificial intelligence planning based on linear temporal
logic (LTL). A simple and easy-to-use planning language is described, Planning Domain …

MrSPOCK—STEPS IN DEVELOPING AN END‐TO‐END SPACE APPLICATION

A Cesta, G Cortellessa, S Fratini… - Computational …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article elaborates around a recent effort to build a planning system that helps human
mission planning in a space mission. Specifically, the article describes the steps that brought …

[PDF][PDF] The timeline representation framework as a planning and scheduling software development environment

A Cesta, S Fratini - Proc. of 27th Workshop of the UK Planning and …, 2008 - macs.hw.ac.uk
A planner and/or a scheduler consists not only in an outstanding algorithm but also in a
significant piece of software that identify it as a “system”. This is true both in case of applied …