AI Planning: Systems and Techniques 1 (2008)
James Hendler, Austin Tate, Mark Drummond, A Long-standing
problem in the field of automated reasoning is designing systems that can describe a set of actions (or a plan) that can be expected to allow the system to reach a desired goal. Ideally, this set of...
Evaluation of an Integrated Multi-Task Machine Learning System with Humans in the Loop (2008)
Aaron Steinfeld, S. Rachael Bennett, Kyle Cunningham, Matt Lahut, Ro Quinones, Django Wexler, ...
Abstract — Performance of a cognitive personal assistant, RADAR, consisting of multiple machine learning components, natural language processing, and optimization was examined with a test...
This report also appears as Human-Computer Interaction (2006)
Aaron Steinfeld, Rachael Bennett, Kyle Cunningham, Matt Lahut, Mike Pool, Mark Drummond
The RADAR project involves a collection of machine learning research thrusts that are integrated into a cognitive personal assistant. Progress is examined with a test developed to measure the impact...
Technology infusion into the Mars Science Lab mission planning and execution system (2005)
Barrett, Anthony, Kurien, James, Drummond, Mark, Freed, Michael, Grenander, Sven, Stebbins, George
NASA
A methodology to determine impact of robotic technologies on space exploration missions (2005)
Howard, Ayanna, Lincoln, William, Manvi, Ramachandra, Guillermo, Rodriguez, Weisbin, Charles R., Drummond, Mark
This paper presents a new method for evaluating relative strengths and impact of robotic technologies utilized for space exploration missions.
AI Planning: Systems and Techniques. (1998)
Hendler, James, Tate, Austin, Drummond, Mark
This article, to appear in AI Magazine (Summer 1990), reviews work done in the area of Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems. The goal of this article is to familiarize the reader with some of the...
Operational Closed-Loop Observation Scheduling and Execution (1996)
John Bresina, Will Edgington, Keith Swanson, Mark Drummond, Recom Technologies
In this paper, we present a fully operational system that performs closed-loop observation scheduling and execution and has been in daily use on an automatic photoelectric telescope at the Fairborn...
Flexible Scheduling of Automatic Telescopes over the Internet (1995)
Mark Drummond, Will Edgington, Greg Henry, John Bresina, Keith Swanson, Ellen Drascher
Abstract. This paper outlines a new telescope operations paradigm that is intended to achieve low operating costs with high operating efficiency and high scientific productivity. The paradigm is...
Expected Solution Quality (1995)
John Bresina, Mark Drummond, Keith Swanson
This paper presents the Expected Solution Quality (esq) method for statistically characterizing scheduling problems and the performance of schedulers. The esq method is demonstrated by applying it to...
Expected solution quality (1995)
John Bresina, Mark Drummond, Keith Swanson
This paper presents the Expected Solution Quality (ESQ) method for statistically characterizing scheduling problems and the performance of schedulers The ESQ method is demonstrated by applying it to...
The Associate Principal Astronomer Telescope Operations Model (1994)
Mark Drummond, John Bresina, Keith Swanson, Will Edgington, Greg Henry
telescope, automatic telescope instruction set, principal astronomer, telescope operations. This paper outlines a new telescope operations model that is intended to achieve low operating costs with...
Total-order and partial-order planning: A comparative analysis (1994)
Steven Minton, John Bresina, Mark Drummond
For many years, the intuitions underlying partial-order planning were largely taken for granted. Only in the past few years has there been renewed interest in the fundamental principles underlying...
Just-in-case scheduling (1994)
Mark Drummond, John Bresina, Keith Swanson
This paper presents an algorithm, called JustIn-Case Scheduling, for building robust schedules that tend not to break. The algorithm implements the common sense idea of being prepared for likely...
Precondition Achievement Planning: framework sans application? (1994)
My thesis is that precondition achievement planning might be a problem-solving formulation without significant application. I argue that the real application successes achieved by the big-3 planning...
Total-order and partial-order planning: A comparative analysis (1994)
Steven Minton, John Bresina, Mark Drummond
For many years, the intuitions underlying partial-order planning were largely taken for granted. Only in the past few years has there been renewed interest in the fundamental principles underlying...
Automated Management and Scheduling of Remote Automatic Telescopes (1993)
John Bresina, Mark Drummond, Keith Swanson, Will Edgington
. This paper describes our project on advanced planning and scheduling for remote, fully automatic telescopes. In addition to a more advanced automatic scheduler for nightly observations, our project...
Commitment Strategies in Planning: A Comparative Analysis (1991)
Steven Minton, John Bresina, Mark Drummond
In this paper we compare the utility of different commitment strategies in planning. Under a "least commitment strategy", plans are represented as partial orders and operators are...
Toward an Experimental Science of Planning (1990)
In this paper we outline an experimental method for the study of planning. We argue that experimentation should occupy a central role in planning research, identify some dependent measures of...
Integrating Planning and Reaction: A Preliminary Report (1990)
John Bresina, John Bresina, Mark Drummond, Mark Drummond
This paper is a preliminary report on the Entropy Reduction Engine architecture for integrating planning, scheduling, and control. The architecture is motivated through a NASA mission scenario and a...
Goal ordering in partially ordered plans (1989)
Ke _ Currie, Mark Drummond, Mark Drummond, Ken Currie
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Goal ordering in partially ordered plans (1989)
Partially ordered plans have not solved the goal ordering problem. Consider: a goal in a partially ordered plan is an operator precondition that is not yet achieved; operators, orderings and variable...
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH A ROBOT ARM: THE RHINO XR-1 (1982)
Drummond, Mark, Witten, Ian H., Cleary, John G.
Most computer hobbyists know that their computers are usually harmless enough. But things are changing now with the appearance on the market of a growing number of small robot arm manipulators,...
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH A ROBOT ARM: THE RHINO XR-1 (1982)
Drummond, Mark, Witten, Ian H., Cleary, John G.
Most computer hobbyists know that their computers are usually harmless enough. But things are changing now with the appearance on the market of a growing number of small robot arm manipulators,...
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH A ROBOT ARM: THE RHINO XR-1 (1982)
Drummond, Mark, Witten, Ian H., Cleary, John G.
Most computer hobbyists know that their computers are usually harmless enough. But things are changing now with the appearance on the market of a growing number of small robot arm manipulators,...