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COSIT
1999
Springer
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Agglomerations
Where some have attempted to apply cognitive methods to the study of geography, the present paper is designed to serve as a starting point for applying methods of geographic ontolo...
Barry Smith
COSIT
1999
Springer
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A Formal Model of the Process of Wayfinding in Built Environments
Previous recent research on human wayfinding has focused primarily on mental representations rather than processes of wayfinding. This paper presents a formal model of some aspect...
Martin Raubal, Michael F. Worboys
COSIT
1999
Springer
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Terminological Default Reasoning about Spatial Information: A First Step
We extend the theory about terminological default reasoning by using a logical base language that can represent spatioterminological phenomena. Based on this description logic lang...
Ralf Möller, Michael Wessel
COSIT
1999
Springer
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Atomicity vs. Infinite Divisibility of Space
In qualitative spatial reasoning, the last ten years have brought a lot of results on theories of spatial properties and relations taking regions of space as primitive entities. In...
Claudio Masolo, Laure Vieu
COSIT
1999
Springer
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Ontology and Geographic Objects: An Empirical Study of Cognitive Categorization
David M. Mark, Barry Smith, Barbara Tversky
COSIT
1999
Springer
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A Predication Calculus for Qualitative Spatial Representations
Spatial information is information bound to spatial entities such as regions. It is based on the spatial structure alone (the valley includes the field) or connects thematic predic...
Carola Eschenbach
COSIT
1999
Springer
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The Role of Identity Conditions in Ontology Design
Cur rent ont ologi es' upp er-le vel tax onomi c str uctur e is oft en qui te com plica ted and hard to und ersta nd. In thi s pap er I sho w how the the oret ical too ls of ...
Nicola Guarino
COSIT
1999
Springer
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Representation and Reasoning about Shapes: Cognitive and Computational Studies in Visual Reasoning in Design
Abstract. This paper describes some recent cognitively-based and computationally-based research on representing and reasoning about shapes. The cognitive studies are based on proto...
John S. Gero
COSIT
1999
Springer
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Data Characterization Schema for Intelligent Support in Visual Data Analysis
The project CommonGIS1 aims at building a system allowing users to view and analyze geographically referenced thematic data. The system is oriented to the general public, i.e. peop...
Gennady L. Andrienko, Natalia V. Andrienko