@TECHREPORT{AICPub1385:1975, AUTHOR={Sacerdoti, Earl D.}, TITLE={Nonlinear Nature of Plans}, ADDRESS={333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025}, INSTITUTION={AI Center, SRI International}, MONTH={Jan}, NUMBER={101}, YEAR={1975}, KEYWORDS={Planning}, ABSTRACT={We usually think of plans as linear sequences of actions. This is because plans are usually executed one step at a time. But plans themselves are not constrained by physical limitations of linearity. This paper describes a new information structure, called the procedural net, that represents a plan as a partial ordering of action with respect to time.} }
