Commentary on “Explanations and Recommendations for

Temporal Inconsistencies”John L. Bresina and Paul H. Morris

Commentary byRobert Hawkins

STSCI

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General Comments Mixed Initiative and “compromises”

Backtracking threshold STN (vs. DTN)

Interactivity Implementation

Expedient constraints User issues

Recommendation Backup Recommendation?

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Future Work/Conclusion

Future Deploy and test the system (MSL?) Combine multiple no-goods into one

explanation/recommendation Automated Validation Mixed initiative recommendations?

Conclusion Useful extensions to MAPGEN - helps bridge the

gap between DTN and STN in a mixed initiative mode