Zusammenfassung: |
We present an architecture for planning and scheduling systems that addresses key requirements of real-world applications in a unique manner. It provides a robust, scalable, and flexible framework through the use of industrialstrength middleware and multi-agent technology. The architectural concepts extend knowledge-based components that dynamically perform and verify the system’s configuration; standardized components and communication protocols allow a seamless integration with third-party libraries and application environments. The system is based on a proper formal account of hybrid planning, the integration of HTN and POCL planning. The framework allows to decouple the detection of plan flaws, the computation of plan modifications, and search control. Consequently, planning and scheduling capabilities can be easily combined by orchestrating respective elementary modules and strategies. This platform can implement and evaluate various configurations of planning methods and strategies, without jeopardizing system consistency through interfering module activity. |
