This paper describes the Region Occlusion Calculus (ROC-20), that can be used to model spatial occlusion and the effects of motion parallax of arbitrary shaped objects. ROC-20 ass...
As the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is about to emerge as a new standard for databases, the problem of providing solid logical grounds for XML query languages arises. For the ...
Pi is a system for the interactive construction and editing of formal derivations in the calculus of finitary partial inductive definitions. This calculus can be used as a logical ...
Cardinal direction relations are binary spatial relations determined under an extrinsically-defined direction system (e.g., north of). We already have point-based and region-based ...
Beginning with BETA, a range of programming language mechanisms such as virtual classes (class-valued attributes of objects) have been developed to allow inheritance in the presen...
Dave Clarke, Sophia Drossopoulou, James Noble, Tob...