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| Title: | PLANET: An Intelligent Decision Support System for Resource Planning in
Manufacturing Organizations |
| Authors: | Dhar, Vasant
Pople, Harry E. |
| Issue Date: | May-1985 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-85-24 |
| Abstract: | This paper describes a problem solver called PLANET that has been
developed in collaboration with a large computer manufacturing company
to assist planning managers with the formulation and maintenance of
planning models for resource allocation. PLANET is equipped with the
primitives that enable it to preserve much of the richness of the
process of the planning activity, namely, the generation of symbolic
alternatives, and for the expression of domain specific knowledge which
enables it to synthesize these alternatives into an overall planning
model. This knowledge is maintained in a âmeta-model.â
In contrast to modeling systems which allow for parametric perturbations
of an algebraic model, PLANET's meta-model provides it with the
capability for systematic variations in the symbolic model assumptions,
with concomitant structural variations induced in the algebraic model
that reflect the interdependencies of those assumptions. Whenever
previously held assumptions change, PLANET uses the existing model as a
point of departure in formulating the revised plan. In this way, the
program is able to take cognizance of the ongoing nature of
organizational problem solving, and can serve an important decision
support function in maintaining and reasoning about evolving plans. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14536 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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