| Publication type: |
Article |
| Author: |
Reinhard Moratz, Dominik Lücke, Till Mossakowski |
| Title: |
Oriented Straight Line Segment Algebra: Qualitative Spatial Reasoning about Oriented Objects |
| Volume: |
abs/0912.5533 |
| Journal: |
CoRR |
| Year published: |
2009 |
| Abstract: |
Nearly 15 years ago, a set of qualitative spatial relations between
oriented straight line segments (dipoles) was suggested by Schlieder. This work
received substantial interest amongst the qualitative spatial reasoning
community. However, it turned out to be difficult to establish a sound
constraint calculus based on these relations.
In this paper, we present the results of a new investigation into dipole
constraint calculi which uses algebraic methods to derive
sound results on the composition of relations and other properties
of dipole calculi. Our results are based on a condensed semantics of the dipole relations.
In contrast to the points that are normally used, dipoles are extended
and have an intrinsic direction. Both features
are important properties of natural objects.
This allows for a straightforward representation of prototypical reasoning tasks for
spatial agents.
As an example, we show how to generate survey knowledge from local observations in a
street network. The example illustrates the fast constraint-based reasoning capabilities
of the dipole calculus. We integrate our results into two reasoning
tools which are publicly available. |
| Internet: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5533 |
| PDF Version: |
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0912.5533v1 |
| Keywords: |
qualitative spatial reasoning dipole calculus relation algebra |
| Note / Comment: |
abs/0912.5533 |
| Status: |
Other |
| Last updated: |
05. 01. 2010 |
