As we await the release of the forthcoming DSM-5 and the development of the ICD-11, issues pertaining to the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders have become more prominent. With criticism and anticipation abounding, pertaining to the modification, or lack of, of the diagnostic criteria of mental disorders, have we become overly focused upon the diagnostic criteria to the detriment ...

We are concerned with the problem of deciding the validity of a complex plan involving interacting continuous activity. In these situations there is a need to model and reason about the continuous processes and events that arise as a consequence of the behaviour of the physical world in which the plan is expected to execute. In this paper we describe how events, which occur as the outcome of un...

In previous work we have investigated a framework for distributed temporal plan repair. Using temporal constraints for activities to be executed, we developed a distributed algorithm capable of dealing with temporal changes (disruptions) in these constraints to perform fast plan repair. This framework, however, did not include resource management issues. In this paper, we extend our framework t...

Adhesive tape is often used to help athletes recover from ligament sprains ofthe ankle or to prevent further injury. The choice of taping technique or material is often decided by personal preference, superstition, or anecdote. More recently, the use of ankle braces has become more prevalent, but reasons for their use are similarly variable. As ankle sprains are a major cause ofan athlete's dis...

This paper presents a software component, the plan database, which provides the services needed to build and execute plans in a multi-robot context. This plan database handles fully dynamic plans (insertion and removal of tasks), provides tools for safe concurrent execution and modification of plans, and handles distributed plan supervision without permanent robot-to-robot communication. The pr...

We discuss two algorithms suitable for constructive utility planning using both actions and observations, which are based on iterative plan modification instead of n-step plan generation. We have analysed runtime costs and solution quality both theoretically and on a set of examples. For most situations we analysed, our algorithms perform better than conventional plan generation algorithms usin...

The current era of healthcare delivery, with its focus on providing high-quality, affordable care, presents many challenges to hospital-based health professionals. The prevention and treatment of hospital malnutrition offer a tremendous opportunity to optimize the overall quality of patient care, improve clinical outcomes, and reduce costs. Unfortunately, malnutrition continues to go unrecogniz...