Recording Rationale in for Plan Analysis

The aim of this paper is to show how the rationale behind a plan can be recorded in the plan itself. The model which underlies the I-X framework will be described in detail, focussing on annotations. It is there that a planner can record the justifications for including components into the plan. Recording rationale information of this type can be used for a number of purposes in the life cycle of a plan, including plan indexing and retrieval, failure recovery, plan explanation and establishing trust as explained in this paper.