[UAI] Call for Interest: 6th International Planning Competition (Uncertainty Tracks) Call for Interest:
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	6th International Planning Competition (Uncertainty Tracks)

Organizers:
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Daniel Bryce, SRI International
Olivier Buffet, LORIA-INRIA
[ pixt-7655-rsbrgdgqpi@loria.fr ]

Overview:
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The past two IPCs have included tracks for probabilistic and
non-deterministic planning, and this call for participation seeks
feedback from potential competitors in the upcoming competition. In
addition to the information contained here, the organizers have setup
a wiki at: http://ippc-2008.loria.fr/ to exchange software and test
problems, as well as a mailing list (subscribe by sending an email
with the subject "subscribe ippc-2008" to mailto:nokyi@loria.fr, what
can be done with the following link:
mailto:nokyi@loria.fr?subject=subscribe%20ippc-2008 ).

The competition will include tracks for fully observable probabilistic
planning and non-observable (conformant) planning, as in previous
years ( http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~mlittman/topics/ipc04-pt/
http://www.ldc.usb.ve/~bonet/ipc5/ ). Also, subject to feedback
received (see form below), the competition will include additional
tracks that combine probabilistic and non-deterministic dynamics with
full, partial, and no observability. The Probabilistic PDDL (PPDDL)
language will be extended to model these types of domains. The
organizers will provide the appropriate extensions to the MDP-Sim
simulator and client, including a language parser.

Timetable:
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     * Dec. 15th Deadline for Responses to Call for Interest
     * Jan. 1st Final Language and Track Decisions and Call for 
Participation
     * Mar 1st Registration Deadline
     * April 1st Release of 1-2 domains in each track for practice
     * June 1st Competition

Participant Interest Form:
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(You may want to fill one form per planner.)

     * Planner name:

     * Team members and contact information:

     * Tracks of interests: (indicate [yes/no/maybe])
           o Fully-Observable Non-Deterministic [ ]
           o Partially-Observable Non-Deterministic [ ]
           o Non-Observable Non-Deterministic [ ]
           o Fully-Observable Probabilistic [ ]
           o Partially-Observable Probabilistic [ ]
           o Non-Observable Probabilistic [ ]

     * Comments/Questions (schedule, language, etc.):


