KEWI - A Knowledge Engineering Tool for Modelling AI Planning Tasks

Gerhard Wickler, Lukáš Chrpa, Thomas Leo McCluskey

2014

Abstract

This paper introduces the Knowledge Engineering Web Interface (KEWI) which primarily aims to be used for modelling automated planning tasks in a semi-formal framework. The conceptual model used to represent the declarative and procedural knowledge in KEWI is described formally. The model consists of three layers: a rich ontology, a model of basic actions, and more complex methods. It is this structured conceptual model based on the rich ontology that facilitates knowledge engineering. The focus of this paper is to show how the central knowledge model used in KEWI differs from a model directly encoded in PDDL, the language accepted by most existing planning engines. Specifically, the rich ontology enables a more concise and natural style of representation. For operational use, KEWI automatically generates PDDL. Initial experiments show that the generated PDDL can be processed by a planner without incurring significant drawbacks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wickler G., Chrpa L. and McCluskey T. (2014). KEWI - A Knowledge Engineering Tool for Modelling AI Planning Tasks . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-049-9, pages 36-47. DOI: 10.5220/0005034400360047

in Bibtex Style

@conference{keod14,
author={Gerhard Wickler and Lukáš Chrpa and Thomas Leo McCluskey},
title={KEWI - A Knowledge Engineering Tool for Modelling AI Planning Tasks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={36-47},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005034400360047},
isbn={978-989-758-049-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2014)
TI - KEWI - A Knowledge Engineering Tool for Modelling AI Planning Tasks
SN - 978-989-758-049-9
AU - Wickler G.
AU - Chrpa L.
AU - McCluskey T.
PY - 2014
SP - 36
EP - 47
DO - 10.5220/0005034400360047