ForMAT--PRODIGY/Analogy TIE
BBN
Alice Mulvehill, Steve Christey
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Manuela Veloso,
Michael Cox
This page presents the results of a technology integration experiment (TIE)
under the DARPA/Rome-Lab Planning Initiative
between Carnegie Mellon's PRODIGY/Analogy
planning system and BBN's ForMAT force management
and analysis tool. In this research we have demonstrated the integration of a
generative and case-based planning system (PRODIGY/Analogy) with a system to
support the user with storage, retrieval, and building of plans (ForMAT). In
the demonstration described below, a ForMAT user builds a new deployment plan
(or TPFDD) in response to a given commander's mission statement. As the plan
is developed, CMU's PRODIGY/Analogy system provides plan modification suggestions to the ForMAT user over the internet
and in real-time.
Publications
Goals
- Integrate both generative and case-based planning in a mixed-initiative setting
- Establish real-time technology through the Internet
- Develop communication and cognitive protocols between systems
Technology Demonstration
TIE Interface
Knowledge Structures
Summary
In conclusion the BBN/CMU TIE demonstrates that a mixed-initiative
integration of automated and human planning is feasible. The emphasis is to
allow humans full control over significant decisions in the deployment plan
design, but to enhance the human cognitive capacity through the guided reuse of
past plans and the timely insertions of automated suggestions and
alternatives.
Correspondence:
mcox+@cs.cmu.edu
Last Edited: August 13, 1998
