As a non-native speaker, i wonder whether there are any guidelines concerning the usage of hyphens.
Would you write
Task-planning for robots ...
or rather
Task planning for robots ...
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See this link http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/hyphens.asp – Ben Oct 02 '15 at 11:23
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Ok! None of these rules suggests the usage of a hyphen for the case above. I hope I did interpret this correctly. – Flo Ryan Oct 02 '15 at 11:29
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@FloRyan There is no strict rule on using hyphen in your case. It's up to you. Using it is recommended to prevent any confusion. Not a must. – Oct 02 '15 at 11:30
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@Rathony Thank you. I will stick with your recommendation then. – Flo Ryan Oct 02 '15 at 11:33
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@FloRyan My pleasure. Welcome to EL&U. Hope your English will get better and better. – Oct 02 '15 at 11:37
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@Rathony If you would write your comment as an answer, I could mark this question as answered. – Flo Ryan Oct 02 '15 at 11:53
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I would insert the hyphen, usually, compounds which act like adjectives are joined by a hyphen. – Mari-Lou A Oct 02 '15 at 13:05
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2http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/100818/when-to-use-a-hyphen-to-coin-a-new-word-and-when-to-omit-a-hyphen/ – Blessed Geek Oct 02 '15 at 13:22
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That link has some nice answers. – Mari-Lou A Oct 02 '15 at 13:38
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"Task planning," as you must know, isn't common enough to make into any dictionary yet, so there are no formal guidelines. So we'll have to go with a short survey of how people use it:
Googling it shows, at least on the first page, no hyphens.
Consider also "robot path planning," a similar term but a more common one. I've never seen "path planning" hyphenated.
So our best answer based on existing nomenclature is: don't hyphenate.
Maverick
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