Consider the following statements regarding STRIPS representation of a…
2025
Consider the following statements regarding STRIPS representation of a Planning problem
A. STRIPS is a Feature-centric representation
B. The features describing state of the world are divided into Primitive and Derived
C. The STRIPS representation of the action comprises of Precondition and Effect
D. STRIPS can directly define conditional effects
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A.
A, C Only
- B.
B, C Only
- C.
A, D Only
- D.
B, C, D Only
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Correct answer: B
Final answer: 'A, C Only' — STRIPS is feature-centric and actions comprise preconditions and effects.
Statement: "STRIPS is a Feature-centric representation" — True. STRIPS represents world states as sets of ground predicates (features), so it is naturally feature-centric.
Statement: "The features describing state of the world are divided into Primitive and Derived" — False. Classical STRIPS does not include a built-in notion of derived predicates or axioms; derived predicates are part of later extensions to the basic formalism.
Statement: "The STRIPS representation of the action comprises of Precondition and Effect" — True. In STRIPS an action is specified by its preconditions and its effects, typically given as add and delete lists.
Statement: "STRIPS can directly define conditional effects" — False. Conditional effects (effects that occur only when some additional condition holds) are not part of the classical STRIPS language; they require extended languages such as ADL or conditional-effect extensions in PDDL.
Summary: Only the statements that STRIPS is feature-centric and that actions have preconditions and effects are correct. Therefore the correct choice is the one listing those two statements ('A, C Only').
Key point: STRIPS uses predicates/features to describe states.
Key point: Actions in STRIPS are given by preconditions and effects (add/delete lists).
Note: Derived predicates and conditional effects appear in extensions, not in classical STRIPS.
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