Workpackage 1: Synergy in Research and Development

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Workpackage 1 Synergy in Research and
Development
Co-ordinators Malik Ghallab and Lee McCluskey
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Objectives

• We will Support / Organise/ Stimulate
• International Conferences (6.1.3.6)
• Scientific Workshops (6.1.3.1)
• Technical Workshops (6.1.3.2)
• Competitions between Planners (6.1.3.3)
• Build-up of Benchmark Problems (6.1.3.4)
• Online Research Website (6.1.3.5)
• in order to add value to the research community
  by collaboration, synergy, dissemination etc

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AI Planning Research Software Repository
http//scom.hud.ac.uk/planet/repository

• Lee McCluskey
• University of Huddersfield, UK

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Objectives

• To bring added value to the work of researchers
  by providing access to a wide range of planning
  tools, problem models and applications

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Achievements in Brief

• Work runs September 02 May 03, c. 6 months
  full-time-equivalent RA
• Currently, the repository is in the form of a
  website designed and populated with references to
  64 pieces of software
• Approx 500 hits since the site was first
  publicised

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Categories

• Planners (42)
• Planners based on
• BDDs
• Interactive Planners
• Temporal Planners
• Graph-based Planners
• Knowledge-based HTN Planners
• Planners handling Uncertainty
• Heuristic Search Planners
• Multi-agent Planners
• Case Based Planners
• Integrated Planners Schedulers
• Planning as Satisfiability

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Categories

• Schedulers - 8
• Platforms/ Environments - 3
• Stand Alone Tools 4
• Domain Model SETS - 7

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Features

• Entries are supported by
• Explanatory text
• Dated Test reports
• Platform details input language, implementation
  language
• Achievement of software, where applicable
• Full cross referenced index

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PLANS

• Continue to fill up / maintain site
• Add more useful featues
• PULICISE site

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PLANS

• This Website is FOR YOU, the research community
  please make it work
• WE NEED HELP FROM YOU
• Use the site, give us any constructive feedback
  including any features you would find useful
• Put a link from your page to the site
• Promote / publicise the site in your research
  group
• Bring to our attention any publicly availble
  tools we have not yet referenced