Planning requires the system to predict how the world will change as actions are performed. However, in real-world domains, things do not always proceed as planned and it becomes increasingly important to use as much as possible of the old plan when new situations arise. In practical applications, natural pictorial representations are necessary for a human user to understand the domain knowledge, the plan, the planning process, and the execution of the plan. The image at the top of this page is a pictorial representation of a plan drawn by SIPE-2. The Advisable Planner enables users to direct the planning process in a more powerful and general manner, through the provision of high-level guidance that influences the nature of the solutions generated.
Advice is an adjunct to the domain knowledge that underlies a given planning application.
Using common knowledge bases in SIPE-2.