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GISCIENCE
2008
Springer
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13 years 6 months ago
A Theory of Change for Attributed Spatial Entities
Abstract. New methods of data collection, in particular the wide range of sensors and sensor networks that are being constructed, with the ability to collect real-time data streams...
John G. Stell, Michael F. Worboys
ECAI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
The Mereology of Stages and Persistent Entities
Since our world is populated by entities that persist through time and that change over time it is important to represent knowledge about those entities in a formal manner. In this...
Thomas Bittner, Maureen Donnelly
COSIT
2003
Springer
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13 years 10 months ago
Layers: A New Approach to Locating Objects in Space
Standard theories in mereotopology focus on relations of parthood and connection among spatial or spatio-temporal regions. Objects or processes which might be located in such regio...
Maureen Donnelly, Barry Smith
CI
2002
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13 years 4 months ago
Topological Spatio-Temporal Reasoning and Representation
We present here a theory of motion from a topological point of view, in a symbolic perspective. Taking space-time histories of objects as primitive entities, we introduce temporal...
Philippe Muller
NPIV
1998
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Visualization for situation awareness
We explore techniques from visualization and computational geometry to make tactical information more intuitive to a military commander. To be successful, the commander must quick...
C. M. Hoffman, Y.-J. Kim, R. P. Winkler, J. D. Wal...