Anticipatory thinking is a complex cognitive process for assessing and managing risk in
many contexts. Humans use anticipatory thinking to identify potential future issues and …

Abstract Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) planning is showing its power in real-world
planning. Although domain experts have partial hierarchical domain knowledge, it is time …

One of the crucial capabilities for robust agency is self-assessment, namely, the capability of
the agent to compute its own boundaries. A method of assessing these boundaries is using …

One of the crucial capabilities for robust agency is self-assessment, namely the capability of
the agent to compute its own boundaries. Goal reasoning agents do this by computing so …

Current autonomous systems have the ability to adapt to environmental changes in real-
time, but limited ability to engage in anticipatory thinking (AT) with the flexibility to generalize …

Goal Reasoning for Autonomous Agents using Automated Planning Page 1 GOAL
REASONING FOR AUTONOMOUS AGENTS USING AUTOMATED PLANNING by ALBERTO …

Anticipatory thinking (AT) is a key cognitive process in a variety of key societal contexts.
Despite the theoretical overlap between planning as a cognitive AT prospection modality …

Adapting to and resolving imperfect information is a hallmark of intelligent behavior. Plan,
activity, and intention recognition (PAIR) methods recognize agent goals from ambiguous …

The question addressed in this thesis is: Can we make robots proactive? Proactivity is
understood as self-initiated, anticipatory action. This entails the ability to generate own goals …

One of the crucial capabilities for robust agency is selfassessment, namely the capability of
the agent to compute its own boundaries. Goal reasoning agents do this by computing so …