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Author COSIT (Conference) (11th : 2013 : Scarborough, England)

Title Spatial Information Theory : 11th International Conference, COSIT 2013, Scarborough, UK, September 2-6, 2013 : proceedings / Thora Tenbrink, John Stell, Antony Galton, Zena Wood (eds.)
Published Cham : Springer, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 538 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Lecture notes in computer science, 0302-9743 ; 8116
LNCS sublibrary. SL 1, Theoretical computer science and general issues
Lecture notes in computer science ; 8116
LNCS sublibrary. SL 1, Theoretical computer science and general issues
Contents Spatial Change. Spatial Primitives from a Cognitive Perspective: Sensitivity to Changes in Various Geometric Properties / Toru Ishikawa -- Transitional Spaces: Between Indoor and Outdoor Spaces / Christian Kray [and others] -- Representing and Reasoning about Changing Spatial Extensions of Geographic Features / Claudio E.C. Campelo and Brandon Bennett -- Trust and Reputation Models for Quality Assessment of Human Sensor Observations / Mohamed Bishr and Werner Kuhn -- Using Maptrees to Characterize Topological Change / Michael Worboys -- Wayfinding and Assistance. Resolving Conceptual Mode Confusion with Qualitative Spatial Knowledge in Human-Robot Interaction / Cui Jian and Hui Shi -- Event Recognition during the Exploration of Line-Based Graphics in Virtual Haptic Environments / Matthias Kerzel and Christopher Habel -- Cognitive Transactions -- A Communication Model / Paul Weiser and Andrew U. Frank -- Strategy-Based Dynamic Real-Time Route Prediction / Makoto Takemiya and Toru Ishikawa -- An Affordance-Based Simulation Framework for Assessing Spatial Suitability / David Jonietz and Sabine Timpf -- A Probabilistic Framework for Object Descriptions in Indoor Route Instructions / Vivien Mast and Diedrich Wolter
Representing Spatial Data. Linked Data and Time -- Modeling Researcher Life Lines by Events / Johannes Trame, Carsten Keßler and Werner Kuhn -- Human Spatial Behavior, Sensor Informatics, and Disaggregate Data / Anastasia Petrenko [and others] -- Comparing Expert and Non-expert Conceptualisations of the Land: An Analysis of Crowdsourced Land Cover Data / Alexis Comber [and others] -- Handling Language Data. The Meanings of the Generic Parts of Toponyms: Use and Limitations of Gazetteers in Studies of Landscape Terms / Curdin Derungs [and others] -- Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language / Kristin Stock [and others] -- Spatial Language and Computation. From Descriptions to Depictions: A Conceptual Framework / Maria Vasardani [and others] -- Reading Geography between the Lines: Extracting Local Place Knowledge from Text / Clare Davies
Modeling Spatial Knowledge from Verbal Descriptions / Lamia Belouaer, David Brosset and Christophe Claramunt -- A Computational Model for Reference Object Selection in Spatial Relations / Katrin Johannsen [and others] -- Fundamental Cognitive Concepts of Space (and Time): Using Cross-Linguistic, Crowdsourced Data to Cognitively Calibrate Modes of Overlap / Alexander Klippel [and others] -- Spatial Ontology. Kinds of Full Physical Containment / Torsten Hahmann and Boyan Brodaric -- A Vocabulary of Topological and Containment Relations for a Practical Biological Ontology / Brandon Bennett, Vinay Chaudhri and Nikhil Dinesh -- A Geo-ontology Design Pattern for Semantic Trajectories / Yingjie Hu [and others] -- Spatial Reasoning and Representation. RCC and the Theory of Simple Regions in R² / Stefano Borgo -- The Logic of NEAR and FAR / Heshan Du [and others] -- The Topology of Spatial Scenes in R² / Joshua A. Lewis, Matthew P. Dube and Max J. Egenhofer -- Algebraic Properties of Qualitative Spatio-temporal Calculi / Frank Dylla [and others]
Summary This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2013, held in Scarborough, UK, in September 2013. The 28 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 full paper submissions. The following topics are addressed: spatial change, wayfinding and assistance, representing spatial data, handling language data, spatial language and computation, spatial ontology, spatial reasoning and representation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 3, 2013)
Subject Geographic information systems -- Congresses
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic information systems
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Tenbrink, Thora, 1969- editor
Stell, John, editor
Galton, Antony, editor
Wood, Zena, editor
ISBN 9783319017907
331901790X
3319017896
9783319017891
Other Titles COSIT 2013