3.3. Summary
In this section, a planning model was presented where resources are abstracted during
the initial causal planning phase and later considered during the resource allocation
phase. Different aspects of RealPlan were discussed including resource allocation and
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planner-scheduler interaction. Two approaches have been developed for planner-scheduler
interaction: resource scheduling—RealPlan-MS and RealPlan-PP, which will be
discussed in detail in the next sections. We draw parallels between RealPlan and project
management in Section 8.