Model-based planning using query-based component executable instructions

A system that plans machine control, comprising:

• a planner that receives a job to process;
• a plan generator that incrementally generates a plan to process the job based on one or more capabilities of one or more components of the system used to implement the plan and one or more constraints on the one or more capabilities;
• and
• a plan tester that queries a set of executable instructions associated with each of the components, wherein the query comprises an incremental portion of the plan that includes actions to be performed by the corresponding components, each set of executable instructions represents the capabilities and the constraints thereon of the corresponding components;
• the set of executable instructions executes the actions within the incremental portion of the plan, and the plan generator generates a final plan when each set of executable instructions confirms that its corresponding component is able to perform the actions.

A print platform, comprising:

• one or more xerographic components that execute plans to process jobs;
• a planner that receives a print job to process;
• a plan generator that incrementally generates a plan to process the job based on one or more capabilities of one or more components of the system used to implement the plan and one or more constraints on the one or more capabilities;
• a plan tester that queries a set of executable instructions associated with each of the components with an incremental portion of the plan that includes actions to be performed by the corresponding components, each set of executable instructions represents the capabilities and the constraints thereon of the corresponding components;
• the set of executable instructions executes the actions within the incremental portion of the plan, and the plan generator generates a final plan when each set of executable instructions confirms that its corresponding component is able to perform the actions;
• and
• an execution engine that executes the final plan.