Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

A theory of planning should provide a model of how planning knowledge might be learned and stored in memory so as to be available and utilized in appropriate situations. This paper presents a content theory of the planning strategies and constraints on planning specific to joint planning situations. The categorization helps to explain what information is relevant to this general class of planning problems,namely goal pursuit situations where goals cannot be satisfied without the participation of another planner. The taxonomy of planning principles presented outlines the common problems in mutual goal pursuit situations, and provides strategies for resolving the problematic interactions. The principles apply to a variety of types of mutual goal pursuit arrangements such as business partners, a political coalition, or social relationships.