Semantics for tasks that can be interrupted or abandoned

Ernest Davis

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Semantics for tasks that can be interrupted or abandoned

Ernest Davis

Computer Science

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It is often desirable to allow a robot in a dynamic, uncontrolled environment to interrupt or abandon some task that engages it. To facilitate this, it is helpful to include in the language of plans such control structure as 'Carry out task T1 until condition Q becomes true,' or 'Proceed with the execution of task T1 whenever it does not interfere with task T2.' To define such control structures formally, it is necessary to define what it means to begin carrying out a task, independently of whether the task is completed. This paper presents a formal semantics for a language of plans that includes these control structures, together with concurrency and partial specification. Such a semantics will support the formal verification of plans of this kind.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proc 1 Int Conf Artif Intell Plann Syst
Publisher	Publ by Morgan Kaufmann Publ Inc
Pages	37-42
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	155860250X, 9781558602502
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-049944-4.50010-0
State	Published - 1992
Event	Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems - College Park, MD, USA Duration: Jun 15 1992 → Jun 17 1992

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Name	Proc 1 Int Conf Artif Intell Plann Syst

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Other	Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems
City	College Park, MD, USA
Period	6/15/92 → 6/17/92

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Davis, E 1992, Semantics for tasks that can be interrupted or abandoned. in Proc 1 Int Conf Artif Intell Plann Syst. Proc 1 Int Conf Artif Intell Plann Syst, Publ by Morgan Kaufmann Publ Inc, pp. 37-42, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems, College Park, MD, USA, 6/15/92. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-049944-4.50010-0

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