A Survey on Model-Free Goal Recognition

A Survey on Model-Free Goal Recognition

Leonardo Amado, Sveta Paster Shainkopf, Ramon Fraga Pereira, Reuth Mirsky, Felipe Meneguzzi

Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Survey Track. Pages 7923-7931. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2024/877

Goal Recognition is the task of inferring an agent's intentions from a set of observations. Existing recognition approaches have made considerable advances in domains such as human-robot interaction, intelligent tutoring systems, and surveillance. However, most approaches rely on explicit domain knowledge, often defined by a domain expert. Much recent research focus on mitigating the need for a domain expert while maintaining the ability to perform quality recognition, leading researchers to explore Model-Free Goal Recognition approaches. We comprehensively survey Model-Free Goal Recognition, and provide a perspective on the state-of-the-art approaches and their applications, showing recent advances. We categorize different approaches, introducing a taxonomy with a focus on their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for different scenarios. We compare the advances each approach made to the state-of-the-art and provide a direction for future research in Model-Free Goal Recognition.
Keywords:
Planning and Scheduling: PS: Activity and plan recognition