{"product_id":"local-search-for-planning-and-scheduling-ecai-2000-workshop-berlin-germany-august-21-2000-revised-papers-von-alexander-nareyek-hrsg","title":"Local Search for Planning and Scheduling","description":"\u003cp\u003eThenextsetofarticlesdealwithplanningsystemsthatareabletoinc- porateresourcereasoning. The?rstarticle,ofwhichIamtheauthor,makesit clearwhyconventionalplanningsystemscannotproperlyhandleplanningwith resourcesandgivesanoverviewoftheconstraint-basedExcaliburagent¿spl- ningsystem,whichdoesnothavetheserestrictions. Thenextthreearticlesare aboutNASAJPL¿sASPEN\/CASPERsystem. The?rstone¿byChien,Knight, andRabideaüfocusesonthereplanningcapabilitiesoflocalsearchmethods, presentingtwoempiricalstudiesinwhichacontinuousplanningprocessclearly outperformsarestartstrategy. Thenextarticle,byEngelhardtandChien,shows howlearningcanbeusedtospeedupthesearchforaplan. Thegoalisto?nda setofsearchheuristicsthatguidethesearchaswellaspossible. Thelastarticle inthisblock¿byKnight,Rabideau,andChien¿proposesanddemonstrates, a technique for aggregating single search moves so that distant states can be reachedmoreeasily. VI Preface Thelastthreearticlesinthisbookaddresstopicsthatarenotdirectlyrelated tolocalsearch,butthedescribedmethodsmakeverylocaldecisionsduringthe search. RefanidisandVlahavasdescribeextensionstotheGRTplanner,e. g. ,a hill-climbingstrategyforactionselection. Theextensionsresultinmuchbetter performancethanwiththeoriginalGRTplanner. Thesecondarticle¿byO- india, Sebastia, and Marzal ¿ presents a planning algorithm that successively re?nes a start graph by di?erent phases, e. g. , a phase to guarantee comp- teness. Inthelastarticle,HiraishiandMizoguchipresentasearchmethodfor constructingaroutemap. Constraintswithrespecttomemoryandtimecanbe incorporatedintothesearchprocess. Iwishtoexpressmygratitudetothemembersoftheprogramcommittee, whoactedasreviewersfortheworkshopandthisvolume. Iwouldalsoliketo thank all those who helped to make this workshop a success ¿ including, of course,theparticipantsandtheauthorsofpapersinthisvolume. June2001 AlexanderNareyek WorkshopChair ProgramCommittee EmileH. L. Aarts PhilipsResearch Jos¿eLuisAmbite Univ. ofSouthernCalifornia BlaiBonet Universityof\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783540428985\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eECAI 2000 Workshop, Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2000. Revised Papers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783540428985","offer_id":39437537476701,"sku":"9783540428985","price":53.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/817c8b29-a7ef-4a13-a028-dbd1440aadc0.jpg?v=1773553150","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/local-search-for-planning-and-scheduling-ecai-2000-workshop-berlin-germany-august-21-2000-revised-papers-von-alexander-nareyek-hrsg","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}