TRAINS Technical Note 96-5:
The Design and Implementation of the TRAINS-96 System:
A Prototype Mixed-Initiative Planning Assistant
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Abstract:
This document describes the design and implementation of TRAINS-96, a
prototype mixed-initiative planning assistant system. The TRAINS-96
system helps a human manager solve routing problems in a simple
transportation domain. It interacts with the human using spoken,
typed, and graphical input and generates spoken output and graphical
map displays. The key to TRAINS-96 is that it treats the interaction
with the user as a dialogue in which each participant can do what they
do best. The TRAINS-96 system is intended as both a demonstration of
the feasibility of realistic mixed-initiative planning and as a
platform for future research. This document describes both the design
of the system and such features of its use as might be useful for
further experimentation. Further references and a comprehensive set of
manual pages are also provided.
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