lecture08-part1-0.pdf

Example for Task Plan:

  1. Go to the shop.
  2. Select the gift.
  3. Purchase the gift.
  4. Bring the gift home.
  5. Pack the gift.
  6. Label the package.
  7. Bring the package to post office.
  8. Hand-over the package for shipment

Goal

The objective of the plan.
Can be written as condition: Gift has been send to firand.

The world

Your world consists

  • of yourself (the agent),
  • certain objects (gift, package) and
  • a set of locations (home, shop, post office).
    Locations are Objects of Typ Loaction.

Preconditions

Actions can be performed only in specific states that statisfy certain preconditions.
For example,

  • The package can be labeled only after the gift is packed.

  • The gift can be packed only after it has been purchased and brought home.

Summery

  • The scenario described a problem which you had to solve.
  • Solving the problem was your task.
  • The solution to the problem should satisfy a goal condition.
  • You came up with a plan to satisfy the goal.
  • The plan is a sequence of actions that can be performed in the world.
  • The state describes the relevant properties of all things in the world.
  • An action can be performed only if its preconditions are satisfied in the current state.
  • When an action is performed, it has an effect on the state.