DocumentCode
3016394
Title
Qualitative directions in egocentric spatial reference frame
Author
Baruah, R. ; Hazarika, S.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Tezpur Univ., Tezpur, India
fYear
2012
fDate
27-29 Nov. 2012
Firstpage
562
Lastpage
567
Abstract
In this paper, we have presented a formalism for representation of and reasoning about directions in a qualitative way in an egocentric spatial reference frame. Qualitative direction has been separated from dimensionality of spatial objects and as such, the formalism may be used to represent qualitative direction in a dimension-independent way. The formalism uses fewer number of base relations than existing formalisms and granularity can be refined easily. Algorithms for finding composition and converse of base relations have been presented.
Keywords
algebra; common-sense reasoning; spatial reasoning; base relation; dimension-independent representation; egocentric spatial reference frame; formalism; granularity; qualitative direction algebra; reasoning; spatial object dimensionality; Algebra; Cognition; Computer science; Educational institutions; Intelligent systems; Shape; Wheels; Composition; Converse; QSR; Qualitative Direction Algebra; Qualitative direction;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA), 2012 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kochi
ISSN
2164-7143
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5117-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISDA.2012.6416599
Filename
6416599
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