Although the explanation capability of expert systems is usually listed as one of the distinguishing characteristics of these systems, the explanation facilities of most existing systems are quite primitive. Computer generated explanations are typically produced from canned text or by diwct translation of the knowledge structures. Explanations produced in this manner bear little resemblance to ...

Recent progress in planning has enabled this technique to be applied to some significant real-world problems, including the construction of intelligent user interfaces. Previous research in interactive planners has emphasised their dynamism and maintenance advantages. This paper adopts a user-interaction perspective, and explores the theme that a paradigm shift in human-computer interaction is ...

AI planning systems have traditionally operated as stand-alone blackboxes, taking a description of a domain and a set of goals, and automatically synthesizing a plan for achieving those goals. Such designs severely restrict the in uence that users can have on the resultant plans. This paper describes an Advisable Planner framework that marries an advice-taking interface to AI planning technolog...

Existing plan synthesis approaches in artiicial intelligence fall into two categories { domain independent and domain dependent. The domain independent approaches are applicable across a variety of domains, but may not be very eecient in any one given domain. The domain dependent approaches need to be (re)designed for each domain separately, but can be very eecient in the domain for which they ...

Effective coordination of distributed human planners requires timely communication of relevant information to ensure the overall coherence of activities and the compatibility of assumptions. This paper presents a system called CODA that provides targeted information dissemination among distributed human planners as a way of improving coordination. Within CODA, each planner declares interest in ...

Animal dissections have been dropped from the curriculum in several developed countries, and virtual laboratories are taking their place, or at least the concept of the "three R's" is becoming accepted. Yet, the scenario in the developing countries in this regard has been dismal. However, recently, a movement has started in India in this area, thanks to the aggressive approach of PfA, I-CARE an...

INTRODUCTION Various curricular innovations were adopted by medical schools worldwide in an attempt to produce medical graduates that could meet future healthcare needs of society locally and globally. This paper presents findings on curricular approaches implemented in Malaysian medical schools, in trying to meet those needs. METHODS Information was obtained from published records, responses...