Thesis proposal

The thesis proposal was written in August, 1996. It includes brief overview of the POMDP framework, problems one can describe and solve within it, and approaches to solve them. It also describes the work I have done so far, namely various extensions of the framework and new methods for solving problems, and future research objectives.

I also wrote a longer version of the proposal that went deeper into the problem. It consisted of a detailed description of the MDP and POMDP frameworks, extensions of the standard POMDP framework and various exact and approximate methods for for solving different control and planning problems. This document was later used as a basis and startpoint for my final thesis.

milos 11/12/97