{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"AUTOPILOT: A Distributed Planner for Air Fleet Control","authors":[{"name":"Perry W. Thorndyke","slug":"perry-w-thorndyke","given":"Perry W.","family":"Thorndyke","affiliation":""},{"name":"Dave McArtbur","slug":"dave-mcartbur","given":"Dave","family":"McArtbur","affiliation":""},{"name":"Stephanie J. Cammarata","slug":"stephanie-j-cammarata","given":"Stephanie J.","family":"Cammarata","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"Distributed planning requires both arc hitectures for structuring multiple planners and techniques for planning, communication, and co operation . We describe a family of systems for distributed control of multiple aircraft, in which eac h aircraft plans its own flight path and avoids collis ions with other aircraft. AUTOPILOT, the kernel planner used by each aircraft, comprises severa l processing \"experts\" that share a common world model. These experts sense the world, plan and evaluate flight paths, communicate with other aircra ft, and control plan execution . We discuss fo ur architectures for the distribution of airspace management and planning responsibility among the several aircraft occupying the airspace at any point in time . The architectures differ in the extent of cooperation and communication among aircraft.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/36","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/0036.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/36.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/bibtex/36","volume":{"slug":"1981","title":"Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1981","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/","year":1981,"location":"Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada","dates":"24-28 August 1981","editors":"Roger C. Schank","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":"Cognitive Science","track":"Cognitive Science","number":36,"pages":{"first":171,"last":176},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}