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Where Ignoring Delete Lists Works, Part II: Causal Graphs

Joerg Hoffmann
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Abstract

The ignoring delete lists relaxation is of paramount importance for both satisficing and optimal planning. In earlier work (Hoffmann JAIR'05), it was observed that the optimal relaxation heuristic h+ has amazing qualities in many classical planning benchmarks, in particular pertaining to the complete absence of local minima. The proofs of this are hand-made, raising the question whether such proofs can be lead automatically by domain analysis techniques. In contrast to earlier disappointing results (Hoffmann JAIR'05) -- the analysis method has exponential runtime and succeeds only in two extremely simple benchmark domains -- we herein answer this question in the affirmative. We establish connections between causal graph structure and h+ topology. This results in low-order polynomial time analysis methods, implemented in a tool we call TorchLight. Of the 12 domains where the absence of local minima has been proved, TorchLight gives strong success guarantees in 8 domains. Empirically, its analysis exhibits strong performance in a further 2 of these domains, plus in 4 more domains where local minima may exist but are rare. In this way, TorchLight can distinguish ``easy'' domains from ``hard'' ones. By summarizing structural reasons for analysis failure, TorchLight also provides diagnostic output indicating domain aspects that may cause local minima.
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inria-00578653 , version 1 (21-03-2011)

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Joerg Hoffmann. Where Ignoring Delete Lists Works, Part II: Causal Graphs. 21st International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, Jun 2011, Freiburg, Germany. ⟨inria-00578653⟩
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