In: Proc 10th IJCAI, 1987, 1039ff. To date, reactive robot behavior has been achieved only through manual programming. This paper describes a new kind of plan, called a \universal plan", which can be synthesized automatically, yet generates appropriate behavior in unpredictable environments. In classical planning work, problems were posed with unique initial and nal world states; in my approach...

In a military context, the process of planning operations involves the assessment of the situation, the identification of the most appropriate course of action, the description of the associated plan as well as the review of the plan according to the evolution of the situation. The idea described in this paper is to exploit argumentation models to explain why the conclusions of a mission analys...

Granulocytic sarcomas, also referred to as chloromas or myeloid sarcomas, are extramedullary neoplasms that are composed of immature myeloid cells. This uncommon disease is known to be radiosensitive. However, the total dose and dose per fraction are not standardized. In addition, during the course of radiation therapy, significant reduction of the tumor is usually obtained. Thus, target volume...

Knowledge-based programs (KBPs) are high-level protocols describing the course of action an agent should perform as a function of its knowledge. The use of KBPs for expressing action policies in AI planning has been surprisingly underlooked. Given that to each KBP corresponds an equivalent plan and vice versa, KBPs are typically more succinct than standard plans, but imply more online computati...

With the creation of the 1997 Habitat Conservation Plan, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR, or Department) has charted a new course for forest management of 1.45 million acres of forested state trust land covered by the riparian conservation strategy. The Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) agreement, signed with the Federal Services (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Nati...

Knowledge-based programs (KBPs) are high-level protocols describing the course of action an agent should perform as a function of its knowledge. The use of KBPs for expressing action policies in AI planning has been surprisingly underlooked. Given that to each KBP corresponds an equivalent plan and vice versa, KBPs are typically more succinct than standard plans, but imply more online computati...

the bulging of the perineum as the head appears at the vulva?surely unnecessary to any one who has once seen a birth. It may be useful if the plan obtains of letting students attend a full course of lectures before commencing their practical midwifery, but this plan has little to recommend it, and should only be followed where the clinical material afforded by a medical school is poorer than it...

Knowledge-based programs (KBPs) are high-level protocols describing the course of action an agent should perform as a function of its knowledge. The use of KBPs for expressing action policies in AI planning has been surprisingly underlooked. Given that to each KBP corresponds an equivalent plan and vice versa, KBPs are typically more succinct than standard plans, but imply more online computati...

The Alliance to Revitalize California, a private, nonprofit organization, has proposed a no-fault automobile insurance plan for California (Coalition for Common Sense, November 1994). The California Department of Insurance asked the Institute for Civil Justice to analyze the effects of the proposed plan on automobile insurance costs in California. We used a database we had developed in the cour...