Feasibility criteria for investigating potential application areas of AI planning

In this paper we address the problem of deciding
whether it is feasible to apply AI planning technology (involving currently available planning engines) to an application area. We develop some criteria based on motivation, technological infrastructure and knowledge engineering aspects of an application, and we go on to apply these criteria to two application areas. The criteria both help to evaluate the overall feasibility, and in cases where development continues, help us to focus on the parts of the application which are likely to be
most troublesome.