Comirem: an intelligent form for resource management

Author

Smith, Stephen F. ; Hildum, David W. ; Crimm, David R.

Author_Institution

Robotics Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

20

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

24

Abstract

Comirem (continuous, mixed-initiative resource management) is an "intelligent form" for resource management that is designed to more directly match the iterative, user-centered nature of planning and scheduling in practical domains. In this article, we provide an overview of the current Comirem system. Comirem promotes a graphical, spreadsheet-like model of user-system interaction. The user interacts with the system through Web-based forms that combine visual displays of the current plan and planning state with form-based editing capabilities so that the user can manipulate aspects of the solution and solution state.

Keywords

Internet; constraint handling; decision making; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; planning (artificial intelligence); problem solving; resource allocation; scheduling; user centred design; Comirem intelligent form; GUI; Web-based forms; interactive planning; mixed-initiative scheduling; resource management; spreadsheet model; user-centered nature; user-driven decision making; visual displays; Availability; Context modeling; Decision making; Displays; Problem-solving; Process planning; Prototypes; Resource management; Technology planning; Visualization; constraint reasoning; intelligent forms; mixed-initiative planning and scheduling; resource management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Systems, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1541-1672

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIS.2005.23

Filename

1413167