AUTOMATED ACQUISITION OF ACTION KNOWLEDGE

T. L. McCluskey, S. N. Cresswell, N. E. Richardson, M. M. West

2009

Abstract

AI planning engines require detailed specifications of dynamic knowledge of the domain in which they are to operate, before they can function. Further, they require domain-specific heuristics before they can function efficiently. The problem of formulating domain models containing dynamic knowledge regarding actions is a barrier to the widespread uptake of AI planning, because of the difficulty in acquiring and maintaining them. Here we postulate a method which inputs a partial domain model (one without knowledge of domain actions) and training solution sequences to planning tasks, and outputs the full domain model, including heuristics that can be used to make plan generation more efficient. To do this we extend GIPO’s Opmaker system (Simpson et al., 2007) so that it can induce representations of actions from training sequences without intermediate state information and without requiring large numbers of examples. This method shows the potential for considerably reducing the burden of knowledge engineering, in that it would be possible to embed the method into an autonomous program (agent) which is required to do planning. We illustrate the algorithm as part of an overall method to acquire a planning domain model, and detail results that show the efficacy of the induced model.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

L. McCluskey T., N. Cresswell S., E. Richardson N. and M. West M. (2009). AUTOMATED ACQUISITION OF ACTION KNOWLEDGE . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8111-66-1, pages 93-100. DOI: 10.5220/0001662500930100

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart09,
author={T. L. McCluskey and S. N. Cresswell and N. E. Richardson and M. M. West},
title={AUTOMATED ACQUISITION OF ACTION KNOWLEDGE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2009},
pages={93-100},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001662500930100},
isbn={978-989-8111-66-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - AUTOMATED ACQUISITION OF ACTION KNOWLEDGE
SN - 978-989-8111-66-1
AU - L. McCluskey T.
AU - N. Cresswell S.
AU - E. Richardson N.
AU - M. West M.
PY - 2009
SP - 93
EP - 100
DO - 10.5220/0001662500930100