Beschreibung:
This book comprehensively studies fuzzy temporal and spatial information, starting from the basics on fuzzy set theory and temporal/spatial reasoning, the development of a new model to represent fuzzy temporal/spatial information, the study of efficient and complete reasoning algorithms, and their application in an information retrieval context.
Relatedness of Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzification of Allen's Temporal Interval Relation; Reasoning About Qualitative Relations Between Fuzzy Intervals; Temporal Information Retrieval with Vague Events; Representation and Composition of Fuzzy Spatial Relations; Fuzzification of the Region Connection Calculus; Reasoning in the Fuzzy Region Connection Calculus; Geographic Information Retrieval with Vague Regions.