Guiding uses in optimization-based planning under uncertainty

A system for guiding users on optimization based planning under uncertainty, comprising:

• a mechanism to analyze a set of plans and to use results of the analysis to guide users in selecting one of the set of plans, based on robustness, feasibility and optimality;
• a mechanism to visualize robustness of the plans in terms of optimality an feasibility;
• a mechanism to analyze a sensitivity of the plans with respect to specified uncertain data, and to use the analysis to guide users in considering alternative data;
• and
• a mechanism for adding a constraint to the set of plans and to generate a new plan based on said set of plans and satisfying said added constraint.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• at least one tangible compute readable device having computer readable program code logic tangibly embodied therein to guide users in optimization based planning under uncertainty, the computer readable program code logic, when executing on a computer:
• generating a set of plans, P, based on one or more characterizations of a specified uncertainty in a defined process;
• finding a new plan, p, based on said existing set of plans, including identifying an added constraint to improve said set of plans, and finding a new plan that satisfies said added constraint;
• analyzing said new plan to determine whether said new plan satisfies defined criteria;
• when said new plan satisfies the defined criteria, adding the new plan to the set of plans;
• identifying one of the plans of the set of plans as a recommended plan for the defined process.