Using knowledge representation for agent world model

This paper investigates the use of a description logic knowledge representation system, for representing and managing an agent´s knowledge of the world for an intentional agent system. An existing application is represented using this mechanism, and the findings are discussed. A number of errors and/or inconsistencies were found in the original implementation using this methodology, indicating that it would be useful for consistency management. In addition there was a straight forward mapping from the domain knowledge to the knowledge representation system. An added benefit was a simplification of the plans required by the agent system.