# A Gentle Introduction to Epistemic Planning: The DEL Approach

## TL;DR

This paper provides an accessible introduction to epistemic planning using Dynamic Epistemic Logic (DEL), illustrating how it extends classical planning frameworks like STRIPS to handle multi-agent knowledge and capabilities.

## Contribution

It offers a clear, step-by-step explanation of DEL-based epistemic planning, bridging classical planning and complex multi-agent scenarios.

## Key findings

- DEL provides a natural framework for multi-agent epistemic planning
- The paper demonstrates how to extend STRIPS with DEL concepts
- It facilitates modeling of complex knowledge and capability scenarios

## Abstract

Epistemic planning can be used for decision making in multi-agent situations with distributed knowledge and capabilities. Dynamic Epistemic Logic (DEL) has been shown to provide a very natural and expressive framework for epistemic planning. In this paper, we aim to give an accessible introduction to DEL-based epistemic planning. The paper starts with the most classical framework for planning, STRIPS, and then moves towards epistemic planning in a number of smaller steps, where each step is motivated by the need to be able to model more complex planning scenarios.