Spatial Cognition V : Reasoning, Action, Interaction / edited by Thomas Barkowsky, Markus Knauff, Gérard Ligozat, Daniel R. Montello.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barkowsky, Thomas, 1966- editor.

Knauff, Markus, editor.

Ligozat, Gérard, editor.

Montello, Daniel R., 1959- editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

Lecture notes in computer science. Lecture notes in artificial intelligence ; 4387.

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 4387

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Computer simulation.

Optical data processing.

Application software.

Data mining.

Artificial Intelligence.

Simulation and Modeling.

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.

Local Subjects:

Artificial Intelligence.

Simulation and Modeling.

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVII, 501 pages).

Edition:

First edition 2007.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.

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Summary:

This is the fifth volume in a series of book publications featuring basic interdisciplinary research in spatial cognition. The study of spatial cognition is the study of knowledge about spatial properties of objects and events in the world. Spatial properties include location, size, distance, direction, separation and connection, shape, pattern, and so on. Cognition is about the structures and processes of knowledge: its acquisition, storage, retrieval, manipulation, and use by humans, nonhuman animals, and machines. Broadly construed, cognitive activities include sensation and perception, thinking, attention, imagery, attitudes, memory, learning, language, and reasoning and problem-solving; the interaction of these activities with motoric (body movement) and affective (emotional) processing is recognized as critically important, as well. Cognition is typically considered to make up much of the activity of the mind. But though the mind is an expression of the structures and processes of the brain and nervous system, it is also an expression of an organism or agent with a physical body that typically exists in a physical and socio-cultural world. Researchers study spatial cognition for several reasons. Spatial cognition plays important roles in most of the domains of knowledge and behavior of sentient beings, including activities associated with biological survival, social interaction, cultural practice, and economic exchange. Attempts to describe, predict, and explain the basic components of spatial cognition and their interrelationships stimulate a host of interesting basic questions about how important parts of reality work.

Contents:

Spatial Reasoning, Human-Robot Interaction, and Assistance

Reachability and Dependency Calculi: Reasoning in Network Algebras

The Qualitative Trajectory Calculus on Networks

Qualitative Spatial Representation and Reasoning in the SparQ-Toolbox

Remembering Places in Space: A Human Analog Study of the Morris Water Maze

The Role of Users' Concepts of the Robot in Human-Robot Spatial Instruction

Collaborative Assistance with Spatio-temporal Planning Problems

Visuo-Spatial Reasoning and Spatial Dynamics

Dialog-Based 3D-Image Recognition Using a Domain Ontology

Protein Structure Prediction with Visuospatial Analogy

The Spatial Representation of Dynamic Scenes - An Integrative Approach

Modeling Geospatial Events and Impacts Through Qualitative Change

Spatial Concepts, Human Memory, and Mental Reasoning

Preferred Mental Models: How and Why They Are So Important in Human Reasoning with Spatial Relations

The Spatial and the Visual in Mental Spatial Reasoning: An Ill-Posed Distinction

Grounded Perceptual Schemas: Developmental Acquisition of Spatial Concepts

Modeling Human Spatial Memory Within a Symbolic Architecture of Cognition

Updating in Models of Spatial Memory

Sensorimotor Interference When Reasoning About Described Environments

Mechanisms for Human Spatial Competence

Navigation, Wayfinding, and Route Instructions

Algorithms for Reliable Navigation and Wayfinding

Interpreting Route Instructions as Qualitative Spatial Actions

Knowledge Based Schematization of Route Directions

Map Use and Wayfinding Strategies in a Multi-building Ensemble

How Much Information Do You Need? Schematic Maps in Wayfinding and Self Localisation

Wayfinding Strategies in Behavior and Language: A Symmetric and Interdisciplinary Approach to Cognitive Processes

A Spatial Cognitive Map and a Human-Like Memory Model Dedicated to Pedestrian Navigation in Virtual Urban Environments

Linguistic and Social Issues in Spatial Knowledge Processing

The Influence of Scale, Context and Spatial Preposition in Linguistic Topology

Before or After: Prepositions in Spatially Constrained Systems

Discourse Factors Influencing Spatial Descriptions in English and German

Autobahn People: Distance Estimations Between German Cities Biased by Social Factors and the Autobahn.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-540-75666-8

9783540756668

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