Applications of SHOP and SHOP2

  • Authors:
  • Dana Nau;Tsz-Chiu Au;Okhtay Ilghami;Ugur Kuter;Hector Munoz-Avila;J. William Murdock;Dan Wu;Fusun Yaman

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Maryland;University of Maryland;University of Maryland;University of Maryland;Lehigh University;IBM Research;University of Maryland;University of Maryland

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

SHOP and SHOP2 are hierarchical task network (HTN) planning systems that were designed with two goals in mind: to investigate some research issues in automated planning, and to provide some simple, practical planning tools. They are available as open-source software and have an active base of users in government, industry, and universities. SHOP2 received one of the top four awards in the 2002 International Planning Competition. This article summarizes how SHOP and SHOP2 work, describes some of the applications that users have developed for them, and discusses directions for future work.