Title
Task decomposition on abstract states, for planning under nondeterminism
Abstract
Although several approaches have been developed for planning in nondeterministic domains, solving large planning problems is still quite difficult. In this work, we present a new planning algorithm, called Yoyo, for solving planning problems in fully observable nondeterministic domains. Yoyo combines an HTN-based mechanism for constraining its search and a Binary Decision Diagram (BDD) representation for reasoning about sets of states and state transitions. We provide correctness theorems for Yoyo, and an experimental comparison of it with MBP and ND-SHOP2, the two previously-best algorithms for planning in nondeterministic domains. In our experiments, Yoyo could easily deal with problem sizes that neither MBP nor ND-SHOP2 could scale up to, and could solve problems about 100 to 1000 times faster than MBP and ND-SHOP2.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1016/j.artint.2008.11.012
Artif. Intell.
Keywords
Field
DocType
new planning algorithm,binary decision diagram,observable nondeterministic domain,experimental comparison,correctness theorem,htn-based mechanism,planning problem,task decomposition,large planning problem,abstract state,previously-best algorithm,nondeterministic domain,state transition,hierarchical task network
Hierarchical control system,Observable,Planning algorithms,Nondeterministic algorithm,Correctness,Binary decision diagram,Algorithm,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
173
5-6
0004-3702
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
18
0.77
40
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ugur Kuter1126474.54
Dana S Nau24290531.46
Marco Pistore33021181.74
Paolo Traverso43483223.80