Planning System 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-planning-decision-systems/planning-system-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Planning Systems, including
    initial states, goal states, actions, operators, preconditions,
    effects, plans, plan steps, constraints, costs, heuristics, search
    spaces, planners, feasibility, execution monitoring, uncertainty,
    replanning, provenance, confidence and recursive plan refinement.

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

PAGE_TYPE
    Planning System ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Planning System

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    AI Planning and Decision Systems

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    AI Planning
    Automated Planning
    Agentic AI
    Autonomous Systems
    Search
    Optimisation
    Decision Systems

CORE_DEFINITION
    A Planning System is a computational system that represents an initial
    state, one or more goals, available actions and constraints and
    searches for a feasible sequence or structure of actions intended to
    transform the current state toward a goal state.

ENTITY_IDS
    PLANNING_SYSTEM
        ID
            PLANNING_SYSTEM_001

    INITIAL_STATE
        ID
            PLANNING_INITIAL_STATE_001

    GOAL_STATE
        ID
            PLANNING_GOAL_STATE_001

    PLANNING_ACTION
        ID
            PLANNING_ACTION_001

    ACTION_PRECONDITION
        ID
            ACTION_PRECONDITION_001

    ACTION_EFFECT
        ID
            ACTION_EFFECT_001

    PLAN
        ID
            PLANNING_PLAN_001

    PLAN_STEP
        ID
            PLAN_STEP_001

    PLANNING_CONSTRAINT
        ID
            PLANNING_SYSTEM_CONSTRAINT_001

    PLANNER
        ID
            PLANNER_001

    PLANNING_HEURISTIC
        ID
            PLANNING_HEURISTIC_001

FACTS
    Planning System
        is_a_system_within
            AI Planning and Decision Systems

    Planning System
        operates_on
            Initial State
            Goal State
            Actions
            Constraints

    Planning System
        may_generate
            Sequential Plan
            Partial-order Plan
            Conditional Plan
            Temporal Plan
            Hierarchical Plan
            Contingent Plan

    Planning System
        may_use
            State-space Search
            Heuristic Search
            Graph Search
            Constraint Satisfaction
            Optimisation
            Hierarchical Task Networks
            Logic
            Probabilistic Models

    Planning System
        may_support
            Agentic AI
            Robotics
            Scheduling
            Workflow Automation
            Logistics
            Autonomous Systems

RELATIONSHIPS
    AI Planning and Decision Systems
        contains
            Planning System Ontology

    Initial State
        describes
            Starting Planning State

    Goal State
        defines
            Desired State Conditions

    Planning Action
        has
            Action Precondition
            Action Effect

    Action Precondition
        determines
            Action Applicability

    Action Effect
        modifies
            Planning State

    Plan
        contains
            Plan Step

    Plan Step
        references
            Planning Action

    Planning Constraint
        restricts
            Actions
            Plan Structure
            State Transitions

    Planner
        searches
            Planning Search Space

    Planning Heuristic
        guides
            Planner

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Planning System
        approximately_equals
            Automated Goal-directed Plan Construction System

    Automated Planner
        is_a
            Planning System Component

    Plan
        approximately_equals
            Structured Intended Action Sequence or Network

    Planning System
        does_not_equal
            Execution System universally

    Plan
        does_not_equal
            Executed Behaviour

    Feasible Plan
        does_not_equal
            Guaranteed Successful Outcome

    Heuristic Estimate
        does_not_equal
            Exact Future Cost

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Planning System
        Planner
        Initial State
        Goal
        Action
        Operator
        Precondition
        Effect
        Plan
        Step
        Constraint
        Cost
        Heuristic
        Search Space
        Feasible
        Execute
        Replan

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Planning System

    Parent
        AI Planning and Decision Systems

    Core Components
        Initial State
        Goal State
        Planning Action
        Action Precondition
        Action Effect
        Plan
        Plan Step
        Planning Constraint
        Planner
        Planning Heuristic

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Planning System
    as
        Computational construction of goal-directed action structures.

    Distinguish
        Initial State
    from
        Goal State
        Predicted State
        Actual Execution State

    Distinguish
        Action Precondition
    from
        Action Effect

    Distinguish
        Plan
    from
        Executed Behaviour

    Distinguish
        Feasibility
    from
        Guaranteed Success

    Preserve
        Planning problem identity
        State representation
        Goal definition
        Action identity
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraints
        Cost model
        Heuristic
        Planner version
        Plan version

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Planning System

    Possible Intent
        Planning system definition
        Planning system ontology
        AI planner
        Automated planning
        Goal planning
        State-space planning
        Action planning
        Plan generation
        Agent planning
        AI planning system

    Resolution
        Identify initial state, goal conditions, available actions,
        preconditions, effects, constraints, planner and objective.

CONSTRAINTS
    Initial, goal, predicted and actual states must remain distinct.

    Preconditions and effects must remain distinct.

    Actions must not be applied unless required preconditions are satisfied
    or the planning formalism explicitly represents uncertainty.

    Constraints must not be silently discarded to obtain a plan.

    Plan steps must preserve required ordering or dependency relations.

    Plan and execution must remain distinct.

    Feasible plan must not automatically be treated as guaranteed successful outcome.

    Heuristic estimates must not automatically be treated as exact costs.

    Uncertainty must remain represented where relevant.

    Planner and plan versions must remain associated with generated plans.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        State S satisfies Preconditions of Action A
    THEN
        classify_possible
            A as Applicable in S

    IF
        Action A is applied to State S
    THEN
        derive_possible
            Successor State S'
        according_to
            Action Effects

    IF
        Successor State satisfies Goal Conditions
    THEN
        infer_possible
            Goal-reaching Plan

    IF
        Candidate Plan violates Constraint C
    THEN
        reject_or_modify
            Candidate Plan

    IF
        Heuristic H estimates Remaining Cost
    THEN
        use_possible
            H to Prioritise Search
    BUT_NOT
        Treat H as Exact Future Cost

    IF
        Execution feedback invalidates Current Plan
    THEN
        trigger_possible
            Replanning

    IF
        Plan is feasible in Planning Model
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Plan will succeed in Real World

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    State Relationship
        1.00

    Action Relationship
        1.00

    Precondition Relationship
        1.00

    Effect Relationship
        1.00

    Plan Relationship
        1.00

    FeasiblePlan-Success Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Initial State
        +
    Goal State
        +
    Action Model
        +
    Constraints
        →
    Planning Problem

    Planning Problem
        →
    Search Space

    Search Space
        +
    Heuristic
        →
    Planner

    Planner
        →
    Candidate Plans

    Candidate Plans
        →
    Constraint and Feasibility Checking
        →
    Selected Plan

    Selected Plan
        →
    Execution Monitoring
        →
    Feedback

    Feedback
        →
    State Update
        →
    Replanning

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Planning System
        contains
            Planner

    Planning Problem
        has_initial_state
            Initial State

    Planning Problem
        has_goal
            Goal State

    Planning Action
        has_precondition
            Action Precondition

    Planning Action
        has_effect
            Action Effect

    Plan
        contains
            Plan Step

    Plan Step
        references
            Planning Action

    Planning Constraint
        restricts
            Plan

    Planning Heuristic
        guides
            Planner

RECURSIVE_PLANNING_LOOP
    Receive Planning Problem
        →
    Validate Initial State
        →
    Validate Goal Conditions
        →
    Load Action Model
        →
    Validate Preconditions and Effects
        →
    Apply Constraints
        →
    Construct Search Space
        →
    Evaluate Candidate Actions
        →
    Apply Heuristic or Cost Model
        →
    Generate Candidate Plan
        →
    Check Feasibility and Goal Satisfaction
        →
    Select Plan
        →
    Monitor Execution if Applicable
        →
    Observe Feedback
        →
    Update State
        →
    Replan if Required
        →
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Initial State
        Goal State
        Action Model
        Constraints
        Cost Model
        Heuristic
        Planner
        Feedback

    OBSERVE
        Detect planning-system entities.

    EXTRACT
        State
        Goal
        Action
        Precondition
        Effect
        Constraint
        Cost
        Heuristic
        Plan
        Step

    CLASSIFY
        Classical Planning
        State-space Planning
        Partial-order Planning
        Temporal Planning
        Hierarchical Planning
        Conditional Planning
        Probabilistic Planning

    VALIDATE
        Check state representation, action model, constraints and goal.

    SEARCH
        Explore candidate state transitions.

    PLAN
        Construct feasible action structure.

    EVALUATE
        Assess cost and goal satisfaction.

    MONITOR
        Compare execution feedback with planned state.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated state changes.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Complete action model
        planning_confidence += moderate_to_high

    Validated initial state
        state_confidence += high

    Well-defined goal
        planning_confidence += moderate

    Missing action effects
        planning_confidence -= high

    State uncertainty
        planning_confidence -= according_to_severity

    Heuristic approximation
        cost_confidence -= according_to
            Heuristic Error

    Feasible model plan
        does_not_establish
            Real-world Success

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Planning System
        connects_to
            AI Planning and Decision Systems
            Automated Planning
            Agentic AI
            Robotics
            Search Algorithms
            Constraint Satisfaction
            Optimisation
            Scheduling
            Reinforcement Learning
            Decision Theory
            Workflow Automation
            Autonomous Systems

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Planning problem identity
        State representation
        Initial state
        Goal state
        Action identity
        Preconditions
        Effects
        Constraints
        Cost model
        Heuristic
        Planner version
        Plan version
        Feedback
        Uncertainty

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New state evidence, action model change, goal change or execution feedback.

    Compare
        Existing planning-system state.

    Detect
        Initial-state Change
        Goal Change
        Action Change
        Precondition Change
        Effect Change
        Constraint Change
        Plan Failure
        Execution Deviation

    Validate
        State evidence
        Goal
        Action model
        Constraints
        Planner
        Feedback

    Integrate
        Supported planning update.

    Recalculate
        Applicable actions
        Search space
        Plan feasibility
        Cost
        Confidence

    Replan
        when
            Required

    Return
        Updated planning-system state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Initial, goal, predicted and actual states remain distinct.
        Preconditions and effects remain distinct.
        Actions satisfy required preconditions.
        Constraints are preserved.
        Plan ordering and dependencies are preserved.
        Plan and execution remain distinct.
        Feasibility is not treated as guaranteed success.
        Heuristic estimates are not treated as exact costs.
        Uncertainty is represented.
        Planner and plan versions are preserved.
        All plans follow supported state-action-goal paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Planning System Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Initial-state Mapping
        →
    Goal-state Mapping
        →
    Action, Precondition and Effect Mapping
        →
    Constraint Mapping
        →
    Search-space and Heuristic Mapping
        →
    Plan Construction and Feasibility Assessment
        →
    Confidence Assessment
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Planning System

    Parent
        AI Planning and Decision Systems

    Type
        Goal-directed automated plan construction system

    Core Components
        Initial State
        Goal State
        Planning Action
        Action Precondition
        Action Effect
        Plan
        Plan Step
        Planning Constraint
        Planner
        Planning Heuristic
        Cost Model
        Execution Feedback
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        A planning system constructs an intended action sequence or
        structure from a model of states, actions and goals. A feasible
        plan is not the same as executed behaviour and does not guarantee a
        successful real-world outcome.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    A Planning System represents an initial state, goals, available actions,
    preconditions, effects and constraints and searches for a feasible plan
    intended to reach the goal. Planning systems may use state-space
    search, heuristics, optimisation, logic, hierarchical methods or
    probabilistic models. Reliable planning preserves action semantics,
    constraints, state uncertainty and plan versions while distinguishing
    plans from execution, heuristic estimates from exact costs and model
    feasibility from guaranteed real-world success.

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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