The 'MECIMPLAN' Approach to Agent-Based Strategic Planning

  • Authors:
  • Jose Miguel Castillo;Sascha Ossowski;Luis Pastor

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain;Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain;Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

  • Venue:
  • WI-IATW '06 Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM international conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Despite the wide range of problems in which planning is used, it is possible to utilize a common methodology that allows us to reach specific planning objectives for a real problem. From a software engineering point of view, the methodology assures us the quality of the process and the product. In this paper we introduce a methodology that permits us to construct models in order to solve planning problems at any project environment through the use of agents. We have built a prototype for Strategic Planning that presents us with an alternative solution to the well-known 'Prospective' technique. It is particularly relevant for planning problems that are concerned with decisions that have a long-term impact. The results obtained through the construction of prototypes illustrate the adequacy of our approach. This paper is organized as follows: we first give a general overview of the methodology. In Section 2, we illustrate the approach by a case study in the domain of strategic planning. Section 3 presents an agent-based prototype that implements the case study. We conclude the paper by stating the lessons learnt from this enterprise.