Homer: Temporal Planning/Reasoning

Description

• Agent generates plans in response to commands from the user, such as, "Go to the pier."
• These commands may be augmented by a temporal reference, such as, "at 4 o'clock," or, "tomorrow"
• The planner/reasoner module uses its knowledge about the world, including such things as estimated travel time and locations of various objects and obstacles, to generate plans for the agent
• Homer can create compound plans, or plans that achieve goals derived from more than one command
• "Fuzzy" temporal references, such as "this afternoon" are procrastinated until the defined ending time of these periods (in this case, 5 p.m.)