;File: scenario.doc, updated 12/13/91
;
;List of MADCOW ATIS2 scenarios.
;
;Note: The collection sites changed/added scenarios for ATIS3. See
;the scenarios in "site_doc" for each site's ATIS3 scenarios.
;
;
;Common scenarios:
;
[Common-1]
Choose City-A, your starting point, and two other destination cities
(City-B and City-C), and then solve the following scenario.
You have only three days for job hunting, and you have arranged job
interviews in two different cities! (The interview times will depend
on your flight schedule.) Start from City-A and plan
the flight and ground transportation itinerary to City-B and
City-C, and back home to City-A.
;
;
;ATT scenarios:
;
;Scenarios 1 through 7 are done in non booking mode. Scenarios 8 through 12
;are done in booking mode, though very few people have tried to book flights,
;and I don't think anyone has had the patience to book an entire itenerary.
;
[ATT-1] (MIT-1): Find the cheapest (or the most expensive) one-way
fare from one city to another.
;
[ATT-2] (MIT-2): Find the earliest (or latest) flight from one city
to another that serves a meal of your choice.
;
[ATT-3] (MIT-3): Determine the type of aircraft used on a flight
from one city to another that leaves before (or after) a certain time
of the day.
;
[ATT-4] (MIT-4): Find a trans-continental flight on your favorite
airline from one city to another that makes a stop in a city of your
choice.
;
[ATT-5] (MIT-5): Determine the longest day trip you can make
between two cities of your choice. (You are trying to maximize the
amount of time on the ground at your destination.)
;
[ATT-6] (MIT-6): Find a flight between two cities. The flight
should leave in the afternoon and arrive as close to 5\ p.m. as
possible. It should be a non-stop flight.
;
[ATT-7] (COMMON-1): Choose City-A, your starting point, and two
other destination cities (City-B and City-C), and then solve the
following scenario. You have only three days for job hunting and you
have arranged job interviews in two different cities! (The interview
times will depend on your flight schedule.) Start from City-A and
plan the flight and ground transportation itinerary to City-B and
City-C, and back home to City-A.
;
[ATT-8] (MIT-7): You live in Denver and have children in Pittsburgh
and Atlanta. Plan a trip to visit them both. Try to minimize costs
as much as possible.
;
[ATT-9] (MIT-8): You live in Philadelphia. You need to make a
business trip to San Francisco next week. You have an old friend in
Dallas and you'd therefore like to spend the afternoon in Dallas on
your way out to San Francisco. You'd prefer to fly first class on
American. Find out what kind of aircraft you'll be flying on.
;
[ATT-10] (MIT-10): You live in city A. You want to combine a
business trip to city B with pleasure by taking your spouse along.
You will receive a fixed travel allowance, based on a first class
ticket. Plan a trip that will allow you to stretch the travel
allowance to cover the expenses for both you and your spouse.
;
[ATT-11] (MIT-11): You live in city A and you want to plan a
business trip to three cities (of your choice). In each case, you
need to stay downtown for at least two hours. Find out about ground
transportation available in the cities you've chosen. Save time and
money where you can. Your traveling companion is an airplane buff and
enjoys flying on different kinds of aircraft.
;
[ATT-12] (MIT-13):
Make up a scenario of your choice and solve it.
;
;BBN scenarios:
;
[BBN-A1]
Plan the travel arrangements for a small family reunion.
The reunion will be held in Baltimore. Three family members
will be attending the meeting:
One of them, who typifies the ``high class'' life style, will
be coming from Denver; find first-class travel arrangements for
her on United Airlines.
The second has a life style described as ``economy''; find
travel arrangements from Dallas to Baltimore for the least
amount of money possible.
The third has an ``adventurous'' life style (he loves to hang glide
fly in small airplanes) and he lives in Pittsburgh. To make this
person's trip enjoyable, find a flight from Pittsburgh to Baltimore
on a plane that can hold the smallest number of passengers.
You will also need to specify the date of arrival for each of these
family members.
;
[BBN-A2]
You live in Philadelphia. You need to make a business
trip to San Francisco next week. You have an old friend in
Dallas and you'd therefore like to spend the afternoon in
Dallas on your way out to San Francisco. You'd prefer to fly
first class on American. Find out what kind of aircraft you'll
be flying on.
;
[BBN-A3]
Choose two cities: City A _________________, City B ___________________.
You live in city A. You want to combine a business trip
to city B with pleasure by taking your spouse along. You will
receive a fixed travel allowance, based on a first-class
ticket. Plan a trip that will allow you to stretch the travel
allowance to cover the expenses for both you and your spouse.
;
[BBN-A4]
A4: Choose three cities: City A _________________, City B __________________,
City C _________________.
You live in city A. You have only three days for job
hunting and have arranged two job interviews in cities B and C,
each lasting at least three hours. Pick the cities and plan
the flight itinerary.
;
[BBN-B5]
You have heard in a commercial that one airline claims to
have more flights with some particular class (you can't
remember whether it is business class, or first class, or some
other class) than all other airlines combined. You also forgot
which airline made that claim. Find out which airline, if any,
can reasonably make such a claim, and which class the claim was
about.
;
[BBN-B6]
An airline has a ``hub'' in a city if it has a lot more
flights into and out of that city than other airlines do.
Determine whether any of the airlines represented in the
database have hubs, and, if so, which cities are hubs for which
airlines. (You may stop with one airline and one hub, if you
wish.)
;
[BBN-B7]
Pick an airline and pretend that you are in charge of
suggesting new routes and schedule changes for that airline.
Investigate the database to determine whether there is a gap
that your airline could fill. A gap could be a route between
two cities that you don't currently serve, or it could be a
part of the day that isn't covered by you (or your competition)
for travel between cities you already serve.
;
[BBN-B8]
Two airlines might be suspected of being in collusion if
they appear to have divided up territory (or time of day in a
single city) so as not to compete with one another, or if they
have nearly identical prices for the same service. Pick any
two airlines, and determine whether they might be colluding.
;
[BBN-B9]
Choose a city ________ and a period of time during the day ________.
Suppose that the airport in this city has closed for that period of
time due to minor construction work. Of the airlines that use this
airport, find the airline that will be least affected by the airport
closing. Also, find out what is the maximum possible number of
passengers that might be affected (based on the seating capacity of
the types of aircraft used in those flights).
;
[BBN-B10]
Choose an airport: ________________.
The ``congestion period'' in an airport is that 3-hour period in
which there are more take-offs and landings than in any other 3-hour
period of the day. For the airport you have chosen, determine its
congestion period.
;
[BBN-B11]
Choose one city from each of the following pairs of cities:
Boston/Washington DC; Denver/San Francisco.
Find an airline which provides only direct flights between the two
chosen cities. Also, is there an airline that provides only connecting
flights between the same two cities? If so, determine the types of
aircraft used on those flights.
;
[BBN-B12]
Choose one of the following cities: Atlanta, Denver, Dallas.
Suppose that due to bad weather the airport in this city will be
closed for the morning. Find all the flights that make a connection
in this airport and that will be affected. Find other similar (same
origin and final destination) afternoon flights that connect through
the same airport.
;
[BBN-B13]
Choose two cities A _________ and B _________. Choose any three
airlines that fly from city A to city B.
You have always been curious as to the price differences among the
various airlines. Perform some research on price comparisons for the
three selected airlines, studying flights from city A to city B with
similar characteristics (same class of service, similar departure
time, etc). In your opinion, which airline is the most ``greedy'' and
which is the least ``greedy'' among the three airlines.
;
[BBN-B14]
B14: Choose an airport: ________________.
An airline dominates a time slot in an airport if that airline has
more takeoffs and landings in that airport during that time slot than
any other airline. A business time slot is early morning or evening.
Does any airline dominate the business time slots?
;
[BBN-B15]
An airline is ``dependent'' on a manufacturer if most of the flights
on that airline use planes from that manufacturer. Are any airlines
``dependent'' on a manufacturer?
;
[BBN-B16]
Which types of aircraft are used for transcontinental (east coast to
west coast) flights? Are any of these types of aircraft used for
flights which are not legs of transcontinental flights?
;
[BBN-B17]
An airline cuts cost on a route if it serves only a snack to coach
passengers when it serves a full meal to first class passengers. Pick
two airlines and find out if there is a route on which they cut cost
in that manner.
;
[BBN-C1]
Find the cheapest (or the most expensive) one-way fare from one city
to another.
;
[BBN-C2]
Find the earliest (or latest) flight from one city to another that
serves a meal of your choice.
;
[BBN-C3]
Determine the type of aircraft used on a flight from one city to
another that leaves before (or after) a certain time of the day.
;
[BBN-C4]
Find a trans-continental flight on your favorite airline from one city
another that makes a stop-over in a city of your choice.
;
[BBN-C5]
Determine the longest day trip you can make between two cities of your
choice. (you are trying to maximize the amount of time on the ground at
your destination)
;
[BBN-C6]
Write down your usual dinner time: ____________
Find a flight between two cities. The flight should leave in the
afternoon and arrive around dinner time. It should be a non-stop flight.
;
;
;CMU scenarios:
;Note: July8, 1991 - script CMU-35 had to be changed due to the
; database change that screwed up the flights.
; it is now CMU-37.
;
[CMU-31]
You are being interviewed for a position with a large corporation in
Silicon Valley next Monday. The director of personnel wants to make a
good impression on YOU so they have offered to fly you to San
Francisco from Pittsburgh round trip in first class. Check the flight
schedule from Pittsburgh to San Francisco and pick a suitable flight.
You'll stay the night and return on Tuesday and so will need a flight
for that day.
Check out the airfare to see just how badly they want to impress you!!
;
[CMU-32]
You are the producer of a high-budget Hollywood production that looks
as though it will be going over budget. To help keep costs down some
of the scenes will be shot in Pittsburgh to take advantage of our
beautiful architecture. You are personally making the flight
reservations for the film star to insure that nothing goes wrong.
She will fly from her summer home in San Francisco, to Pittsburgh. she
does not get up too early in the morning. The shoot begins at 8am on
a Tuesday morning, and will last until Thursday night.
When the shooting is over she will return to San Francisco.
She of course will fly first class.
;
[CMU-33]
You are a member of the US Olympic ski team, and are traveling from
your home in Boston to Denver for a week-long practice session way
atop the mountains in Aspen. You must be in Aspen by Wednesday, and
you will want to arrive in Denver as early on the day as possible
Then you are off to San Francisco to discuss the possibilities of
sponsoring a major breakfast cereal after the Olympics are over. You
would prefer an afternoon flight in order to allow for the 4 to 5 hour
travel time between Aspen and Denver.
Then you will return to Boston.
;
[CMU-34]
You have just been voted AmWay sales person of the year!!!! On Friday
you will travel from your home in Philadelphia to Oakland, California
to receive your award at a ceremony on Saturday.
Then on Sunday, you will travel from Oakland to Dallas to give a
motivational speech to the South Western AmWay Distributors, who seem
to need some sales tips.
On your way home Tuesday morning, you decide to make the most of this
free airline ticket, and stop off in Atlanta to see if you can make
any worthwhile sales contacts there.
Then Wednesday you will return home from Atlanta to Philadelphia as
early as possible, in order to have the better part of the day left to
SELL!!!
;
[CMU-35]
You are a famous author traveling to different cities to promote your
newest book.
a) First you will travel from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on
Thursday to appear on a local talk show. The show airs at 11am so you
want to make sure you get there on time.
b) Then you'll fly to Atlanta for an autograph session at a
major book store. By the time the Baltimore talk show is over and you
return to the airport it will be 1pm. But you need to arrive in
Atlanta prior to 9pm in order to make the cocktail party and autograph
session scheduled to begin at 10pm.
c) On Friday you are due in Dallas, for a writers convention
where you will give the keynote address at 7pm. You would prefer to
sleep in after yesterday's busy schedule, but try to be in Dallas by
6pm.
d) On Saturday it's on to San Francisco to receive a Golden
Quill award. You need to arrive in San Francisco by 4pm.
e) Finally on Sunday, you can return to your home in
Pittsburgh. Any flight the next day will do.
;
[CMU-36]
Now that you are familiar with ATIS we would like you to try your hand
at planning a trip of your own invention! You are welcome to plan as
many flight segments as you like.
Remember to use only the cities listed below and feel free to explore
the contents of the database.
;
[CMU-37]
You are a famous author traveling to different cities to promote your
newest book.
a) First you will travel from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on
Thursday to appear on a local talk show. The show airs at 10am so you
want to make sure you get there on time.
b) Then you'll fly to Atlanta for an autograph session at a
major book store. By the time the Baltimore talk show is over and you
return to the airport it will be 12pm. But you need to arrive in
Atlanta prior to 6pm in order to make the cocktail party and autograph
session scheduled to begin at 7pm.
c) On Friday you are due in Dallas, for a writers convention
where you will give the keynote address at 7pm. You would prefer to
sleep in after yesterday's busy schedule, but try to be in Dallas by
6pm.
d) On Saturday it's on to San Francisco to receive a Golden
Quill award. You need to arrive in San Francisco by 4pm.
e) Finally on Sunday, you can return to your home in
Pittsburgh. Any flight the next day will do.
;
[CMU-41]
You are a highly respected Nobel Laureate and have been asked to speak
at the MIT graduation exercise. The cost of the trip, however, has
been left up to you.
Remembering that the cost of this trip is a factor, find a flight from
Pittsburgh to Boston on Wednesday of next week. You would prefer to
travel to and from Boston on the same day, keeping in mind that the
graduation is scheduled to begin at 1pm, and will probably not end
until around 5pm. It will also take you some time to travel to and
from the airport.
;
[CMU-42]
You are an avid backpacker who lives in Philadelphia. You are planning
a vacation to Rocky Mountain National Park for your family. You will
fly into Denver airport, and rent a car there. You would like to fly
out on a Sunday and return on a Saturday. Remember that you do not
like to get up very early in the morning, so take that into
consideration when planning your flights.
;
[CMU-43]
Congratulations, you have just been voted Salesperson of the Year! You
will fly from your home in Philadelphia to Dallas to accept a trophy
and to make a speech. The ceremony begins at 4pm on Saturday, and
takes place at a downtown hotel.
In keeping with your strict work ethic, you decide to take advantage
of the free airline ticket to stop off in some other city on Monday to
see if you can make a few sales contacts there. You're able to choose
any city.
You will return to Philadelphia on Wednesday. You would like as early
a flight as possible, so that you will still have the better part of
the day to SELL!!!
;
[CMU-44]
You are a member of the US Olympic ski team, and need to travel from
your home in Boston to Denver for a week-long practice session way
atop the mountains in Aspen. You want to arrive in Denver as early in
the day as possible. You must be in Aspen by Wednesday.
Then the following Wednesday you are off to San Francisco to discuss
the possibilities of sponsoring a major breakfast cereal after the
Olympics are over. You would prefer an afternoon flight in order to
allow for the 4 to 5 hour travel time between Aspen and Denver.
On your way home on Friday you decide to stop off in Pittsburgh to
visit your mother who constantly complains that you have no time for
her.
Then early Saturday morning you will return home to Boston.
;
[CMU-45]
You are an avid baseball fan, and have won a contest to follow your
favorite team, the Pirates, on a grueling road trip that will cover
four cities. Your airfare will be paid for, so live it up!! The
contest promoters are not legally able to provide you with information
about the exact flights that the players will be on, but they can give
you some very good hints so that you can travel with the team as well.
1) Your first travel segment will take you from Pittsburgh to Atlanta
on Wednesday. The promoter has told you that the team will be on the
morning flight that serves breakfast (the owners like to save a buck
whenever possible).
2) Then on Thursday, it is on from Atlanta to Oakland, California for
an evening game. The game starts at 7pm, so the team will have to be
in the city in time to make the game, and remember that hint about the
meals.
3) You now will travel to Philadelphia to see the Pirates play the
Phillies on the following Saturday.
4) After that tremendous win over the Phillies, the Pirates will
travel from Philadelphia to Boston for a game on Monday. The
promoters know that the team will travel on a morning flight with a
meal. They have also noted that while the owner loves to be frugal,
he will only fly his team on well-known airlines.
6) Finally you will head home to Pittsburgh from Boston on Wednesday
evening. By this time, you are sick of baseball, particularly Pirate
Baseball, so take the flight of your choice. Perhaps you should have
gone to Disney World...
;
[CMU-46]
Now that you are familiar with ATIS we would like you to try your hand
at planning a trip of your own invention!
For example, you could see how many cities it's possible to visit in
just three days.
Remember to use only the cities listed below.
;
;
;MIT scenarios:
; Note that MIT-9 is close to common-1, but appears only in
; data prior to July 1,1991. After that, we used the common
; scenario (marked common-1 in the .log file).
;
; Scenarios 1-6 and common-1 are done in non-booking mode.
; The remaining ones are all collected in booking mode.
;
[MIT-1]
Find the cheapest (or the most expensive) one-way fare from one city
to another.
;
[MIT-2]
Find the earliest (or latest) flight from one city to another that serves
a meal of your choice.
;
[MIT-3]
Determine the type of aircraft used on a flight from one city to another
that leaves before (or after) a certain time of the day.
;
[MIT-4]
Find a trans-continental flight on your favorite airline from one city
to another that makes a stop-over in a city of your choice.
;
[MIT-5]
Determine the longest day trip you can make between two cities of your
choice. (you are trying to maximize the amount of time on the ground
at your destination.)
;
[MIT-6]
Find a flight between two cities. The flight should leave in the
afternoon and arrive as close to 5 p.m. as possible. It should be a
non-stop flight.
;
[MIT-7]
In this scenario, you should explicitly book flights.
You live in Denver and have children in Pittsburgh and Atlanta. Plan
a trip to visit them both. Try to minimize costs as much as possible.
;
[MIT-8]
In this scenario, you should explicitly book flights.
You live in Philadelphia. You need to make a business trip to San
Francisco next week. You have an old friend in Dallas and you'd
therefore like to spend the afternoon in Dallas on on your way out to
San Francisco. You'd prefer to fly first class on American. Find out
what kind of aircraft you'll be flying on.
;
[MIT-9]
In this scenario, you should explicitly book flights.
You live in city A. You have only three days for job hunting and have
arranged two job interviews in cities B and C, each lasting at least
three hours. Pick the cities and plan the flight itinerary. You can
save time by eating on the plane.
;
[MIT-10]
In this scenario, you should explicitly book flights.
You live in city A. You want to combine a business trip to city B
with pleasure by taking your spouse along. You will receive a fixed
travel allowance, based on a first-class ticket. Plan a trip that
will allow you to stretch the travel allowance to cover the
expenses for both you and your spouse.
;
[MIT-11]
In this scenario, you should explicitly book flights.
You live in city A and you want to plan a business trip to three
cities (of your choice). In each case, you need to stay downtown for
at least two hours. Find out about ground transportation available in
the cities you've chosen. Save time and money where you can. Your
traveling companion is an airplane buff and enjoys flying on
different kinds of aircraft.
;
[MIT-13]
In this scenario, you should explicitly book flights.
Make up a scenario of your choice and solve it.
;
;
;SRI scenarios:
;
[SRI-1]
You have only 3 days for job hunting, and you have arranged 2 job
interviews in different cities! (The interview times will depend on
your flight schedule.) Start from Dallas, your home town, and plan
the flight and ground transportation itinerary to Pittsburgh and
Denver. You will want to eat on the plane, if you can. Good luck!
;
[SRI-2]
You want to combine next summer's business trip with pleasure by
taking your spouse along. The trip is from San Francisco to Boston.
From your employer you will receive a fixed travel allotment for your
travel expenses only. This allotment is based on the cost of a first
class ticket. How can you stretch the travel allowance to cover
travel expenses for two? Do whatever is necessary for cost
containment.
;
[SRI-3]
You live about two hours from Philadelphia, and your family is coming
to visit. So that you can pick them all up at the same time and drive
the two hours only once, find flights for them that arrive within 15
minutes of each other. The family members are coming from Denver,
Dallas, and San Francisco. After you have found the flights, check to
make sure that the round trip fare for each is less than $1000.
;
[SRI-4]
You are traveling from Denver to Washington, and you can't decide on
which of two days to travel. You can either leave after work on
Wednesday or very early on Thursday morning. Find the latest flight
on Wednesday and the earliest flight on Thursday to Washington, and
choose one of them. Take into account factors like rush hour, whether
a meal is offered, and price.
;
[SRI-5]
You are planning a family vacation to San Francisco, and you would like to
be on the same plane as your grandfather, who doesn't like traveling alone.
Arrange to fly from Philadelphia (your home town) to San Francisco on a flight
that stops in Dallas (your grandfather's home). You happen to know that he
hates flying on Delta, but will do so if the price is substantially
cheaper (for him).
;
[SRI-6]
You are planning a budget vacation from your native San Francisco to the
East Coast. You have friends to visit in Boston, Philadelphia, and
Baltimore, and plan to use ground transportation between those cities
once you fly east. Find out which of these three cities would be cheapest
to fly into, and then choose a departing flight. You want to leave on a
Saturday. Keep in mind that you are enrolled in the frequent flier programs
for Delta and United, but you will prefer one of these airlines only if
the price is the same.
;
;
;TI scenarios:
;
[TI-1]
Plan a business trip to 4 different cities (of your choice), using
public ground transportation to and from the airports. Save time and
money where you can. The client is an airplane buff and enjoys flying
on different kinds of aircraft.
;
[TI-2]
Plan the travel arrangements for a small family reunion. First pick a
city where the get-together will be held. From 3 different cities (of
your choice), find travel arrangements that are suitable for the family
members who typify the ``economy'', ``high class'', and ``adventurous''
life styles.
;
[TI-3]
Your client has only 3 days for job hunting and has arranged 2 job
interviews in different cities! (The interview times will depend on the
flight schedule.) Pick the cities and plan the flight itinerary and
ground transportation to those destinations. Your client can save time
by eating on the plane.
;
[TI-4]
A small gymnastic team from overseas will be touring several cities in
this country. Pick the cities they will visit and plan their itinerary.
Please be sure: 1) the team will not miss meals, 2) there will be ground
transportation to and from downtown, and 3) they do not travel on
weekends, and 4) they fly on large (presumably safe) aircraft.
;
[TI-5]
Plan a family vacation for a family of five. The family wants to visit
relatives in two cities (of your choice), relax (where you recommend),
and tour an unfamiliar city (that you suggest). The family prefers
convenient travel arrangements but will occasionally sacrifice comfort
for discounts.
;
[TI-6]
Your client wants to combine next summer's business trip with pleasure by
taking his/her spouse along. Your client will receive a fixed travel
allotment, based on a first class ticket, for his/her travel expenses only.
How can your client stretch the travel allowance to cover travel expenses for
two? (The client is willing to do whatever is necessary for cost
containment.)
;
;
[UNISYS]
Unisys is using the TI scenarios.