Description: Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science by Christian Freksa, David M. Mark The Conference on Spatial Information Theory – COSIT – grew out of a series of workshops / NATO Advanced Study Institutes / NSF specialist meetings concerned with cognitive and applied aspects of representing large-scale space, particularly geographic space. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 99, held in Stade, Germany, in August 1999.The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The book is divided into topical sections on landmarks and navigation, route directions, abstraction and spatial hierarchies, spatial reasoning calculi, ontology of space, visual representation and reasoning, maps and routes, and granularity and qualitative abstraction. Notes Springer Book Archives Table of Contents Landmarks and Navigation.- Large-Scale Navigation: The Insect Case.- Route Navigation Using Motion Analysis.- The Nature of Landmarks for Real and Electronic Spaces.- Route Directions.- Pictorial and Verbal Tools for Conveying Routes.- Elements of Good Route Directions in Familiar and Unfamiliar Environments.- The Production of Route Instructions in Underground and Urban Environments.- Abstraction and Spatial Hierarchies.- One Step up the Abstraction Ladder: Combining Algebras - From Functional Pieces to a Whole.- Formalizing Regions in the Spatial Semantic Hierarchy: an AH-Graphs implementation approach.- Abstraction, Levels of Detail, and Hierarchies in Map Series.- Topological Relations in Hierarchical Partitions.- Spatial Reasoning Calculi.- A Predication Calculus for Qualitative Spatial Representations.- Simple Models for Simple Calculi.- Terminological Default Reasoning about Spatial Information: A First Step.- Reasoning about Cardinal Directions Using Grids as Qualitative Geographic Coordinates.- Ontology of Space.- The Role of Identity Conditions in Ontology Design.- Atomicity vs. Infinite Divisibility of Space.- The Mereotopology of Discrete Space.- Agglomerations.- Ontology and Geographic Objects: An Empirical Study of Cognitive Categorization.- Modes of Connection.- Visual Representation and Reasoning.- Representation and Reasoning about Shapes: Cognitive and Computational Studies in Visual Reasoning in Design.- An Algebraic Interpretation of Semantic Networks.- Data Characterization Schema for Intelligent Support in Visual Data Analysis.- Maps and Routes.- Recognition—Triggered Response and the View—Graph Approach to Spatial Cognition.- A Formal Model of the Process of Wayfinding in Built Environments.- A Spatial Model Based on the Notions of SpatialConceptual Map and of Objects Influence Areas.- Granularity and Qualitative Abstraction.- Granulation for Graphs.- On Ontology and Epistemology of Rough Location.- Qualitative Spatial Representation for Situational Awareness and Spatial Decision Support.- Qualitative Motion Representation in Egocentric and Allocentric Frames of Reference. Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description The Conference on Spatial Information Theory - COSIT - grew out of a series of workshops / NATO Advanced Study Institutes / NSF specialist meetings concerned with cognitive and applied aspects of representing large-scale space, particularly geographic space. In these meetings, the need for a well-founded theory of spatial information processing was identified. The COSIT conference series was established in 1993 as a biennial interdisciplinary European conference on the representation and processing of information about large-scale space, after a successful international conference on the topic had been organized by Andrew Frank et al. in Pisa, Italy, in 1992 (frequently referred to as COSIT zero). After two successful European conferences with strong North-American participation (COSIT 93, held on the Island of Elba, Italy; COSIT 95, held in Semmering, Austria), the conference became a truly international enterprise when COSIT 97 was held in the Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA. COSIT 99 will take place in Stade, Germany. All aspects of large-scale space, i. e. spaces too large to be seen from a single vantage point, are addressed in the COSIT conferences. These include spaces of geographic scale, as well as smaller spaces in which humans, animals, or autonomous robots have to find their way around. Spatial information theory also deals with the description of objects, processes, or events in spatial environments and it forms the foundation for the construction of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and for spatial information and communication system design in general. Feature Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Details ISBN3540663657 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Year 1999 ISBN-10 3540663657 ISBN-13 9783540663652 Format Paperback Publication Date 1999-08-11 Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Place of Publication Berlin Country of Publication Germany DEWEY 910.285 Edited by Christian Freksa Affiliation University at Buffalo Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science Short Title SPATIAL INFO THEORY COGNITIVE Language English Media Book Series Number 1661 Pages 486 Subtitle International Conference COSIT99 Stade, Germany, August 25-29, 1999 Proceedings DOI 10.1007/b72220;10.1007/978-3-540-48384-7;10.1007/3-540-48384-5 Author David M. Mark Edition Description 1999 ed. Edition 1999th Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Illustrations 2 Illustrations, color; 142 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 486 p. We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundatio
Number of Pages: 486 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational Foundations of Geographic Information Science: International Conference COSIT'99 Stade, Germany, August 25-29, 1999 Proceedings
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Publication Year: 1999
Subject: Engineering & Technology, Geography & Geosciences, Computer Science
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 840 g
Type: Textbook
Author: David M. Mark, Christian Freksa
Subject Area: Information Science
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