Title:	PLANNING PROJECTS: A NEW APPROACH THROUGH ‘MECIMPLAN’
Author(s):	José Miguel Castillo , Sascha Ossowski , Luis Pastor
ISBN:	972-8924-16-X
Editors:	Pedro Isaías, Maggie McPherson and Frank Bannister
Year:	2006
Edition:	1
Keywords:	Planning, projects, agents, methodology.
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	533
Last Page:	540
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The field in which planning can be applied is enormous and consequently, a specific solution will be required for any concrete problem. Reaching objectives can imply the selection of different approaches but each approach can provide different effects or results. The correct assignment of resources and the study of objectives and scenarios are the keys to making an efficient plan. 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. In this paper we will introduce a methodology that permits us to construct models in order to solve planning problems through the use of agents. The methodology is based upon the Scientific Method. The agents are constructed upon the foundation of Artificial Intelligence procedures. Each agent is responsible for carrying out a specific task such as classifying, assigning, fuzzifying or optimizing an intelligent search. The use of agents as efficient actors facilitates us in providing the solution that best fits the objectives for the plan. The results obtained through the construction of a project planning prototype allows us to assure that the methodology provides a proven and tested way of solving problems in the planning project field.
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