Planning Ontology · ICAPS 2026 Tutorial
A Tutorial on Knowledge Representation and Explainable Planning. 31 slides on a 1920×1080 artboard — hand-authored, animated HTML. Use ← / → to navigate.
Slide 01 · Planning Ontology — ICAPS 2026 Tutorial
Title
Slide 02 · What This Tutorial Covers
Roadmap
Slide 03 · Background & Motivation
Part 1
Slide 04 · Automated Planning, at Scale
Background
Slide 05 · Planning is Structured: PDDL
Background
Slide 06 · Why an Ontology for Planning?
Background
Slide 07 · From Gaps to Contributions
Background
Slide 08 · The Planning Ontology
Part 2
Slide 09 · The Planning Ontology — Structure
Single-Agent PO
Slide 10 · The Planning Ontology — Full Schema
Single-Agent PO
Slide 11 · Competency Questions Drive the Design
Single-Agent PO
Slide 12 · From PDDL to a Knowledge Graph
Single-Agent PO
Slide 13 · A Planning Workflow with the Ontology
Single-Agent PO
Slide 14 · Identifying the Most Promising Planner
Use Case 1
Slide 15 · Generating Plan Explanations
Use Case 2
Slide 16 · The Planning Ontology Tool
Part 3
Slide 17 · An Interactive Tool on Planning.Domains
Tool
Slide 18 · Tool Demo: PDDL → KG → SPARQL
Tool · Demo
Slide 19 · Multi-Agent: maPO
Part 4
Slide 20 · Why a Multi-Agent Planning Ontology?
Multi-Agent
Slide 21 · maPO Extends the Planning Ontology
Multi-Agent
Slide 22 · The maPO Schema — Full View
Multi-Agent
Slide 23 · Modeling the Conflict-Resolution Lifecycle
Multi-Agent
Slide 24 · From Planner Logs to Explanations
Multi-Agent
Slide 25 · OMEGA — Replay the Plan on the Grid
Demo 1/3
Slide 26 · OMEGA — Ask Questions, Get Explanations
Demo 2/3
Slide 27 · OMEGA — Browse the Knowledge Graph
Demo 3/3
Slide 28 · Evaluating maPO Explanations
Multi-Agent
Slide 29 · What We Built
Conclusion
Slide 30 · Where This Goes Next
Future Work
Slide 31 · Thank You!
Closing