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Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics
  • Computer Science

Background:

  • Probabilistic planning integrates stochastic models into agent action synthesis.
  • Probabilistic programming unifies probabilistic concepts with programming languages.
  • Probabilistic logic programming simplifies structured probability distribution specification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss probabilistic planning through the lens of probabilistic (logic) programming.
  • To present two representative extensions of probabilistic logic programming languages for planning.

Main Methods:

  • Extension of PROBLOG to decorate probabilities on Horn clauses (Prolog programs).
  • Extension of GOLOG to logically specify dynamical systems via actions, effects, and observations.
  • Utilizing first-order logic for modeling complex planning scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated integration of probabilistic concepts into planning frameworks.
  • Enabled modeling of planning problems with growing/shrinking state spaces.
  • Supported discrete/continuous probability distributions and non-unique priors in a first-order setting.

Conclusions:

  • Probabilistic (logic) programming offers a powerful framework for sophisticated probabilistic planning.
  • The presented extensions address non-trivial modeling challenges in probabilistic planning.
  • This approach facilitates flexible and expressive specification of complex planning problems.