A formal framework to represent spatial knowledge

TY - JOUR

T1 - A formal framework to represent spatial knowledge

AU - Della Penna, Giuseppe

AU - Magazzeni, Daniele

AU - Orefice, Sergio

PY - 2016/8/6

Y1 - 2016/8/6

N2 - Visual representations are an essential element in human–computer interaction and can be conceived as a collection of graphical objects arranged in a two-dimensional space. It is quite natural to model visual representations through the qualitative relationships holding between their objects, and therefore, qualitative spatial relations are a fundamental way of representing spatial knowledge. To this aim, in this paper we present a framework of qualitative spatial relations providing a general, domain-independent approach to specify visual representations.

AB - Visual representations are an essential element in human–computer interaction and can be conceived as a collection of graphical objects arranged in a two-dimensional space. It is quite natural to model visual representations through the qualitative relationships holding between their objects, and therefore, qualitative spatial relations are a fundamental way of representing spatial knowledge. To this aim, in this paper we present a framework of qualitative spatial relations providing a general, domain-independent approach to specify visual representations.

KW - Human–computer interaction

KW - Information extraction

KW - Spatial knowledge representation

KW - Spatial relations

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84982890760&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10115-016-0975-3

DO - 10.1007/s10115-016-0975-3

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84982890760

SN - 0219-1377

SP - 1

EP - 28

JO - KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

JF - KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ER -