Multi-dimensional modal logic as a framework for spatio-temporal reasoning

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-251

  Bennett, Brandon ^a   Cohn, Anthony G ^a   Wolter, Frank ^b   Zakharyaschev, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modal logic; Multi dimensional logic; Spatio temporal reasoning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTABILITY AND DECIDABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FORMAL LANGUAGES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TOPOLOGY;

MODAL LOGIC; MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOGIC; PROPOSITIONAL SPATIO TEMPORAL LOGIC; SPATIO-TEMPORAL REASONING;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 0036839238     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020083231504     Document Type: Article

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