"Planning and acting are intrinsic human abilities. Even young
children naturally plan and act, learning from the
consequences of their actions in an environment and refining
their skills as they grow. Machines have not yet reached
human-level proficiency in planning and acting, as well as in
their integration with learning, leaving considerable room for
advancement and improvements in autonomous intelligent
systems. This book serves as a crucial milestone in the study
of planning, acting, and learning, exploring how these
intelligent features can be effectively combined and
integrated to improve the performance of intelligent systems."
Michela Milano
University of Bologna
Acting, Planning, and Learning © Malik Ghallab, Dana Nau and Paolo Traverso.
To be published by Cambridge University Press.
PDF of preprint manuscript posted by permission of Cambridge
University Press.
This pre-publication version is free to view and download for personal use only.
Not for re-distribution, resale, or use in derivative works.
Cover image (draft): The Music Lesson, Johannes Vermeer
(c.1662–1665), Picture Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London.