A Logic Model-based Interactive and Dynamic Planner for Command and Control

In this proposal we present the design of an interactive and continuous planning system based on the Logic Modeling paradigm. The Logic Model based approach allows us to devise the planning system's architecture that supports outcome-based planning and evaluation at multi levels of authority and collaboration. In addition, this architecture naturally integrates assumptions and external factors that contribute to the success or failure of a plan. Plans are continuously generated and adapted by a Planning/Replanning module that lies at the heart of the planning system. The Planning/Replanning module is designed in such a way that planning is de-coupled from scheduling and they interact with each other in either a master-slave or a peer-to-peer manner. Such decoupling is expected to improve efficiency in plan generation and flexibility in resource allocation. With a User Interface module, the planning system will allow users to interact with the Planning/Replanning module in order to direct plan generation, monitor plan execution, and update information at different levels of operations. Considered as a crucial part of our effort towards building such a planning system, we will investigate several knowledge representation languages, including goal specification language, action and task representation languages, and a domain knowledge language.