Planning via petri net unfolding

dc.contributor.authorHickmott, S.
dc.contributor.authorRintanen, J.
dc.contributor.authorThiebaux, S.
dc.contributor.authorWhite, L.
dc.contributor.conferenceInternational Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (20th : 2007 : Hyderabad, India)
dc.contributor.editorMantaras, R.
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe factored state representation and concurrency semantics of Petri nets are closely related to those of concurrent planning domains, yet planning and Petri net analysis have developed independently, with minimal and usually unconvincing attempts at cross-fertilisation. In this paper, we investigate and exploit the relationship between the two areas, focusing on Petri net unfolding, which is an attractive reachability analysis method as it naturally enables the recognition and separate resolution of independent subproblems. On the one hand, based on unfolding, we develop a new forward search method for cost-optimal partial-order planning which can be exponentially more efficient than state space search. On the other hand, inspired by well-known planning heuristics, we investigate the automatic generation of heuristics to guide unfolding, resulting in a more efficient, directed reachability analysis tool for Petri nets.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySarah Hickmott, Jussi Rintanen, Sylvie Thiébaux, Lang White
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 20th IJCAI-07, 2007 / pp.1-8
dc.identifier.orcidWhite, L. [0000-0001-6660-0517]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/44792
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIJCAI
dc.publisher.placeIndia
dc.source.urihttp://www.ijcai.org/papers07/contents.php
dc.titlePlanning via petri net unfolding
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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