Ebook: Spatial Information Theory: 11th International Conference, COSIT 2013, Scarborough, UK, September 2-6, 2013. Proceedings

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.

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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.

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Spatial Primitives from a Cognitive Perspective: Sensitivity to Changes in Various Geometric Properties....Pages 1-13
Transitional Spaces: Between Indoor and Outdoor Spaces....Pages 14-32
Representing and Reasoning about Changing Spatial Extensions of Geographic Features....Pages 33-52
Trust and Reputation Models for Quality Assessment of Human Sensor Observations....Pages 53-73
Using Maptrees to Characterize Topological Change....Pages 74-90
Resolving Conceptual Mode Confusion with Qualitative Spatial Knowledge in Human-Robot Interaction....Pages 91-108
Event Recognition during the Exploration of Line-Based Graphics in Virtual Haptic Environments....Pages 109-128
Cognitive Transactions – A Communication Model....Pages 129-148
Strategy-Based Dynamic Real-Time Route Prediction....Pages 149-168
An Affordance-Based Simulation Framework for Assessing Spatial Suitability....Pages 169-184
A Probabilistic Framework for Object Descriptions in Indoor Route Instructions....Pages 185-204
Linked Data and Time – Modeling Researcher Life Lines by Events....Pages 205-223
Human Spatial Behavior, Sensor Informatics, and Disaggregate Data....Pages 224-242
Comparing Expert and Non-expert Conceptualisations of the Land: An Analysis of Crowdsourced Land Cover Data....Pages 243-260
The Meanings of the Generic Parts of Toponyms: Use and Limitations of Gazetteers in Studies of Landscape Terms....Pages 261-278
Creating a Corpus of Geospatial Natural Language....Pages 279-298
From Descriptions to Depictions: A Conceptual Framework....Pages 299-319
Reading Geography between the Lines: Extracting Local Place Knowledge from Text....Pages 320-337
Modeling Spatial Knowledge from Verbal Descriptions....Pages 338-357
A Computational Model for Reference Object Selection in Spatial Relations....Pages 358-376
Fundamental Cognitive Concepts of Space (and Time): Using Cross-Linguistic, Crowdsourced Data to Cognitively Calibrate Modes of Overlap....Pages 377-396
Kinds of Full Physical Containment....Pages 397-417
A Vocabulary of Topological and Containment Relations for a Practical Biological Ontology....Pages 418-437
A Geo-ontology Design Pattern for Semantic Trajectories....Pages 438-456
The Logic of NEAR and FAR....Pages 457-474
Algebraic Properties of Qualitative Spatio-temporal Calculi....Pages 475-494
Back Matter....Pages 495-515
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