Spatio-Temporal Reasoning 1992: Pisa, Italy

Andrew U. Frank, Irene Campari, Ubaldo Formentini (Eds.): Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Space, International Conference GIS - From Space to Territory: Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning, Pisa, Italy, September 21-23, 1992, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 639 Springer 1992, ISBN 3-540-55966-3

Invited Papers

Reginald G. Golledge:
Do People Understand Spatial Concepts: The Case of First-Order Primitives. 1-21
Richard T. Snodgrass:
Temporal Databases. 22-64

Technical Papers

Section I

Helen Couclelis:
People Manipulate Objects (but Cultivate Fields): Beyond the Raster-Vector Debate in GIS. 65-77
Robbin R. Hough:
Time and Space: An Economic Model. 78-96
Keiichi Takeuchi:
The Changing Language of and Persisting Patterns in the Urban Design of Edo/Tokyo. 97-109

Section II

Albert Z. Guttenberg:
Toward a Behavioral Theory of Regionalization. 110-121
Bianca Falcidieno, Caterina Pienovi, Michela Spagnuolo:
Descriptive Modeling and Prescriptive Modeling in Spatial Data Handling. 122-135
Daniel R. Montello:
The Geometry of Environmental Knowledge. 136-152

Section III

Dimitris Papadias, Timos K. Sellis:
Spatial Reasoning Using Symbolic Arrays. 153-161
Christian Freksa:
Using Orientation Information for Qualitative Spatial Reasoning. 162-178
Erland Jungert:
The Observer's Point of View: An Extension of Symbolic Projections. 179-195
Max J. Egenhofer, Khaled K. Al-Taha:
Reasoning about Gradual Changes of Topological Relationships. 196-219

Section IV

Christopher M. Gold:
The Meaning of ``Neighbour''. 220-235
Leila De Floriani, Enrico Puppo:
A Hierarchical Triangle-Based Model for Terrain Description. 236-251
Thanasis Hadzilacos, Nectaria Tryfona:
A Model for Expressing topological Integrity Constraints in Geographic Databases. 252-268
A. Stewart Fotheringham, Andrew Curtis:
Encoding Spatial Information: The Evidence for Hierarchical Processing. 269-287

Section V

Scott M. Freundschuh:
Is there a Relationship Between Spatial Cognition and Environmental Patterns? 289-304
David M. Mark:
Counter-Intuitive Geographic ``Facts'': Clues for Spatial Reasoning at Geographic Scales. 305-317
Shaun Futch, David N. Chin, Matthew McGranaghan, Jinn-Guey Lay:
Spatial-Linguistic Reasoning in LEI (Locality and Elevation Interpreter). 318-327
Mikko Lindholm, Tapani Sarjakoski:
User Models and Information Theory in the Design of a Query Interface for GIS. 328-347

Section VI

Sabine Timpf, Gary S. Volta, David W. Pollock, Max J. Egenhofer:
A Conceptual Model of Wayfinding Using Multiple Levels of Abstraction. 348-367
Kazuo Hiraki, Yuichiro Anzai:
Towards Acquiring Spatio-Temporal Knowledge from Sensor Data. 368-378
A. Barbanente, D. Borri, Floriana Esposito, Pietro Leo, G. Maciocco, F. Selicato:
Automatically Acquiring Knowledge by Digital Maps in Artificial Intelligence Planning Techniques. 379-401
Peter A. Whigham, Robert I. McKay, J. R. Davis:
Machine Induction of Geospatial Knowledge. 402-417
Ombretta Paladino:
Treatment of Qualitative Geographic Information in Monitoring Environmental Pollution. 418-431