Qualitative Spatial ChangeOxford University Press, 2000 - 409 Seiten This book is a contribution to the emerging discipline of Qualitative Spatial Information Theory. The discipline has arisen from a realization that traditional quantitative techniques for the analysis of spatial phenomena must be supplemented by a wide range of qualitative methods if we are to use information technology effectively to further our capacity for handling spatio-temporal information. Such qualitative methods must be supported by a body of theory concerning the nature and organization of our spatio-temporal concepts. This theory will cover time, space, objects in space, their spatial attributes, changes in those attributes, and the temporal structure of those changes. In this book each topic is given a chapter to itself, and theory of qualitative spaces as partitions of quantitative spaces is developed in detail, and applied to numerous particular cases. The theory thus provides a uniform basis for the further development of formal and computational theories of spatial change. |
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... complex phenomena . ( Chomsky 1965 : ch . 1 ) This particular idealization has been the subject of much criticism , for exam- ple by Robinson ( 1975 ) , Sampson ( 1980 ) , and Moore and Carling ( 1982 ) . The application of mathematics ...
... complex phenomena . ( Chomsky 1965 : ch . 1 ) This particular idealization has been the subject of much criticism , for exam- ple by Robinson ( 1975 ) , Sampson ( 1980 ) , and Moore and Carling ( 1982 ) . The application of mathematics ...
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... complex connectivity . Complex connectivity can also arise in the case of objects whose boundaries are connected . The simplest example in three dimensions is a torus , which has a connected surface but still manages to have a hole ...
... complex connectivity . Complex connectivity can also arise in the case of objects whose boundaries are connected . The simplest example in three dimensions is a torus , which has a connected surface but still manages to have a hole ...
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... complex of all spatial attributes , and we can therefore expect change in shape to be the most complex form of spatial change . Many natural objects undergo systematic changes of shape ; think of the varying proportions of a human body ...
... complex of all spatial attributes , and we can therefore expect change in shape to be the most complex form of spatial change . Many natural objects undergo systematic changes of shape ; think of the varying proportions of a human body ...
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adjacency area-separation atomic axioms beg(i beg(j Boolean algebra boundary boundary-separation circle closed sets co-dimension complement components conceptual neighbourhood connected connectivity space consider continuous convex corresponding curvature definition diagram dimension discrete discrete space discussed distinct dominance element end(i entities event-type example finite function geometry given granularity Hausdorff distance hence holds hole instant interior interval irreflexive kind linear logic material objects mathematical means measure Mereology mereotopology mode space notion NTPP occur ontology overlap pair phase space point-set point-set topology position possible properties q₁ qualitative quantitative R₁ RCC relations real numbers reference object reflectional symmetry regarded regions regular open sets representation represented rotation sense sequence set of points shape shown in Figure spatial change specified subinterval subspace subspace topology supervenient surface symmetry t₁ temporal theorem theory three-dimensional three-dimensional space tion TM space topological topological space transition triangle xneg ypos zero
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