Comirem: An Intelligent Form for Resource Management

Abstract

Comirem (continuous, mixed-initiative resource management) is an "intelligent form" for resource management that is designed to more directly match the iterative, user-centered nature of planning and scheduling in practical domains. In this article, we provide an overview of the current Comirem system. Comirem promotes a graphical, spreadsheet-like model of user-system interaction. The user interacts with the system through Web-based forms that combine visual displays of the current plan and planning state with form-based editing capabilities so that the user can manipulate aspects of the solution and solution state.