Planning Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/ai-core-concepts/planning-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define an AI-readable semantic ontology for Planning,
    including initial states, goals, actions, preconditions, effects,
    constraints, resources, plan generation, evaluation, execution,
    feedback and recursive replanning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    Intelligent Agents
    Autonomous Systems
    Planning Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Planning ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Planning

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    AI Core Concepts

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    Planning
    Intelligent Agents
    Agentic AI
    Automated Planning
    Decision Making
    Search
    Autonomous Systems
    Robotics

CORE_DEFINITION
    Planning is the process of constructing and evaluating a sequence,
    partial order or structured set of actions intended to transform an
    initial state into a state satisfying one or more goals while
    respecting action requirements, constraints and available resources.

ENTITY_IDS
    PLANNING
        ID
            PLANNING_001

    INITIAL_STATE
        ID
            INITIAL_STATE_001

    GOAL_STATE
        ID
            GOAL_STATE_001

    ACTION
        ID
            ACTION_001

    PRECONDITION
        ID
            PRECONDITION_001

    EFFECT
        ID
            EFFECT_001

    PLAN
        ID
            PLAN_001

    CONSTRAINT
        ID
            CONSTRAINT_001

    RESOURCE
        ID
            RESOURCE_001

    COST
        ID
            COST_001

    OUTCOME
        ID
            OUTCOME_001

    FEEDBACK
        ID
            FEEDBACK_001

FACTS
    Planning
        operates_on
            Initial State
            Goal
            Actions
            Preconditions
            Effects
            Constraints
            Resources

    Planning
        produces
            Plan

    Plan
        may_be
            Sequential
            Partial-order
            Hierarchical
            Conditional
            Temporal
            Reactive
            Contingent

    Planning
        supports
            Goal-directed Behaviour
            Intelligent Agents
            Robotics
            Autonomous Systems
            Scheduling
            Problem Solving

RELATIONSHIPS
    AI Core Concepts
        contains
            Planning Ontology

    Planning
        begins_from
            Initial State

    Planning
        targets
            Goal State

    Plan
        contains
            Action

    Action
        requires
            Precondition

    Action
        produces
            Effect

    Effect
        changes
            State

    Constraint
        restricts
            Action
            Ordering
            Resource Use
            Timing

    Resource
        may_be_required_by
            Action

    Cost
        may_qualify
            Action
            Plan

    Plan
        evaluated_by
            Goal Satisfaction
            Feasibility
            Cost
            Risk
            Resource Use

    Execution
        produces
            Outcome

    Outcome
        generates
            Feedback

    Feedback
        may_trigger
            Replanning

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Planning
        approximately_equals
            Goal-directed Action Sequencing

    Plan
        approximately_equals
            Structured Action Strategy
        when
            It specifies actions toward a goal.

    Planning
        does_not_equal
            Decision Making

    Planning
        does_not_equal
            Search

    Plan
        does_not_equal
            Goal

    Plan
        does_not_equal
            Action

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Initial State
        Goal
        Goal State
        Action
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraint
        Resource
        Cost
        Ordering
        Duration
        Plan
        Outcome
        Feedback

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Planning

    Parent
        AI Core Concepts

    Core Components
        Initial State
        Goal State
        Action
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraints
        Resources
        Plan
        Outcome

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Planning
    as
        Construction and evaluation of actions intended to achieve
        a defined goal from a current or initial state.

    Distinguish
        Goal
    from
        Plan

    Distinguish
        Plan
    from
        Individual Action

    Distinguish
        Planning
    from
        Search
        Decision Making
        Execution

    Preserve
        Action ordering
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraints
        Resources
        Temporal relationships

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Planning

    Possible Intent
        Planning definition
        Planning ontology
        AI planning
        Automated planning
        Agent planning
        Goal-based planning
        Action planning
        Hierarchical planning
        Temporal planning
        Replanning

    Resolution
        Identify initial state, goal state, available actions,
        preconditions, effects, constraints and plan relationships.

CONSTRAINTS
    A valid plan must connect an initial state to a goal-satisfying state.

    An action may only be applicable when its required preconditions hold.

    Action effects must be represented separately from preconditions.

    Hard constraints must not be violated by a valid plan.

    Resource availability may restrict feasible actions.

    A plan is not equivalent to execution.

    A generated plan does not guarantee successful real-world outcome.

    Planning must remain distinct from decision making and search,
    although both may support planning.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Action Preconditions hold in Current State
    THEN
        classify
            Action Applicable

    IF
        Action Preconditions do_not_hold
    THEN
        classify
            Action Inapplicable

    IF
        Applied Action has Effect
    THEN
        derive
            Successor State

    IF
        Successor State satisfies Goal Conditions
    THEN
        infer
            Goal Reached

    IF
        Plan contains only applicable actions
    AND
        resulting state satisfies goal
    AND
        hard constraints are respected
    THEN
        infer
            Valid Plan

    IF
        Environment changes during execution
    AND
        Current Plan becomes invalid
    THEN
        trigger
            Replanning

    IF
        Multiple valid plans exist
    THEN
        compare
            Cost
            Risk
            Resource Use
            Duration
        according_to
            Defined Criteria

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Initial State Relationship
        1.00

    Goal State Relationship
        1.00

    Action Relationship
        1.00

    Preconditions Relationship
        1.00

    Effects Relationship
        1.00

    Constraint Relationship
        1.00

    Replanning Relationship
        0.99

    Plan-Execution Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Initial State
        →
    Planning Problem
        →
    Goal State

    Planning Problem
        →
    Available Actions
        →
    Preconditions
        →
    Applicable Actions

    Applicable Actions
        →
    Effects
        →
    Successor States

    Successor States
        →
    Action Sequence
        →
    Plan

    Plan
        →
    Constraint Validation
        →
    Goal Satisfaction

    Plan Execution
        →
    Outcome
        →
    Feedback
        →
    Replanning

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Planning
        starts_from
            Initial State

    Planning
        seeks
            Goal State

    Planning
        uses
            Action

    Action
        has
            Precondition
            Effect

    Precondition
        determines
            Applicability

    Effect
        transforms
            State

    Constraint
        restricts
            Plan

    Resource
        supports_or_limits
            Action

    Plan
        consists_of
            Ordered or Structured Actions

    Plan
        evaluated_by
            Goal Satisfaction
            Cost
            Risk
            Feasibility

    Outcome
        provides
            Feedback

    Feedback
        may_trigger
            Replanning

RECURSIVE_PLANNING_LOOP
    Observe Current State
        →
    Define Goal State
        →
    Identify Available Actions
        →
    Check Preconditions
        →
    Generate Candidate Actions
        →
    Predict Effects
        →
    Construct Candidate Plan
        →
    Validate Constraints
        →
    Evaluate Cost and Risk
        →
    Select Plan
        →
    Execute or Simulate
        →
    Observe Outcome
        →
    Update Current State
        →
    Replan if Required
        →
    Repeat Until Goal or Stop Condition

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Initial State
        Goal
        Actions
        Constraints
        Resources

    OBSERVE
        Detect planning entities.

    EXTRACT
        State
        Goal
        Action
        Precondition
        Effect
        Constraint
        Resource
        Cost

    CLASSIFY
        Sequential Planning
        Partial-order Planning
        Hierarchical Planning
        Conditional Planning
        Temporal Planning
        Contingent Planning
        Reactive Planning

    RELATE
        Construct state-action-plan graph.

    VALIDATE
        Check preconditions, constraints and resources.

    GENERATE
        Candidate plans.

    EVALUATE
        Goal satisfaction
        Cost
        Risk
        Duration
        Resource use

    SELECT
        Plan according to defined criteria.

    EXPLAIN
        Preserve state-action-goal path.

    UPDATE
        Integrate execution feedback.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Explicit initial state
        confidence += high

    Explicit goal state
        confidence += high

    Explicit action model
        confidence += high

    Verified preconditions and effects
        confidence += high

    Unknown environmental dynamics
        confidence -= moderate

    Uncertain action outcome
        confidence -= according_to_uncertainty

    Missing resource information
        confidence -= moderate

    Constraint violation
        reject
            Candidate Plan

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Planning
        connects_to
            Artificial Intelligence
            Search
            Reasoning
            Decision Making
            Goals
            Intelligent Agents
            Robotics
            Scheduling
            Optimisation
            Reinforcement Learning
            Autonomous Systems
            Control Systems

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Initial state
        Goal
        Action
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraints
        Resources
        Plan
        Outcome
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New state, action information or execution feedback.

    Compare
        Existing planning model.

    Validate
        State
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraints
        Resources

    Integrate
        Supported changes.

    Recalculate
        Plan feasibility and cost.

    Re-evaluate
        Candidate plans.

    Trigger
        Replanning when existing plan is invalid or suboptimal
        under updated criteria.

    Return
        Updated planning model.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Initial and goal states remain distinct.
        Goals and plans remain distinct.
        Plans and actions remain distinct.
        Preconditions and effects remain distinct.
        Constraints are respected.
        Resources are not assumed unlimited.
        Plan generation is distinct from execution.
        Replanning responds to changed state or evidence.
        All plan conclusions follow supported semantic paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Planning Entity Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Initial State Extraction
        →
    Goal State Extraction
        →
    Action Model Mapping
        →
    Preconditions and Effects Validation
        →
    Constraint and Resource Evaluation
        →
    Plan Ontology Traversal
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Planning

    Parent
        AI Core Concepts

    Type
        Goal-directed action construction process

    Core Components
        Initial State
        Goal State
        Action
        Precondition
        Effect
        Constraint
        Resource
        Cost
        Plan
        Outcome
        Feedback

    Critical Distinction
        Planning constructs a structured set of actions intended to achieve
        a goal; the plan itself is distinct from the goal, individual actions,
        decision making and real-world execution.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Planning is the process of constructing and evaluating actions that can
    transform an initial state into a state satisfying defined goals.
    AI planning represents actions with preconditions and effects, applies
    constraints and resource limits, evaluates candidate plans and may
    recursively replan when execution feedback or environmental changes
    invalidate the current plan.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org