Constraint-Based Agents An Architecture for Constraint-Based Mod
Autonomous agents have become a vibrant research and development topic in recent years attracting activity and attention from various areas. The basic agent concept incorporates proactive autonomous units with goal-directed-behaviour and communication cap
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen
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Alexander Nareyek
Constraint-BasedAgents An Architecture for Constraint-Based Modeling and Local-Search-Based Reasoning for Planning and Scheduling in Open and Dynamic Worlds
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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell,Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany Author Alexander Nareyek GMD FIRST Kekul´estr. 7, 12489 Berlin, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Nareyek, Alexander: Constraint based agents : an architecture for constraint based modeling and local search based reasoning for planning and scheduling in open and dynamics worlds / Alexander Nareyek. - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Barcelona ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Singapore ; Tokyo : Springer, 2001 (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 2062 : Lecture notes in artificial intelligence) ISBN 3-540-42258-7
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CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2, F.2.2, C.2.4, E.5 ISBN 3-540-42258-7 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH http://www.springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by PTP Berlin, Stefan Sossna Printed on acid-free paper SPIN 10781616 06/3142 543210
Foreword
Planning, constraints, agents, and interactive gaming in a dynamic environment – four areas that make for an exciting research challenge. These are the areas chosen by Alexander Nareyek for his Ph.D. thesis work, his work on the Excalibur agent’s planner, and the basis for the materials in this book. Future intelligent systems will work with other intelligent systems (people and machines) in open, dynamic, and unpredictable environments, and the ability to interleave sensing, planning, and execution for an agent will become an increasingly important topic. Representing and reasoning about the constraints on activity or behavior in a domain is a powerful paradigm, which is useful in so many ways. It is especially useful when working in dynamic environments alongside other human and computer agents all with their own tasks, capabilities, and skills, which may be teamed and cooper
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