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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... provides a separate such point of access . On the other hand , there is nothing about the word ' giraffe ' which explicitly encodes any information about shape : if one did not know that a giraffe had long neck and legs , one could not ...
... provides a separate such point of access . On the other hand , there is nothing about the word ' giraffe ' which explicitly encodes any information about shape : if one did not know that a giraffe had long neck and legs , one could not ...
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... provide a temporal framework within which all change and events oc- cur . A brand - new diary , acquired at the start of a calendar year , provides slots in which to inscribe the planned or actual happenings of the year ; the slots seem ...
... provide a temporal framework within which all change and events oc- cur . A brand - new diary , acquired at the start of a calendar year , provides slots in which to inscribe the planned or actual happenings of the year ; the slots seem ...
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... provides the ' up / down ' direction , but for ' front / back ' and ' left / right ' we require something extra , as discussed in §4.4.2 . In this connection , the language of boats and sailing provides an interesting case of ...
... provides the ' up / down ' direction , but for ' front / back ' and ' left / right ' we require something extra , as discussed in §4.4.2 . In this connection , the language of boats and sailing provides an interesting case of ...
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