Spatial proximity is more than just a distance measure

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-106

  Brennan, Jane ^a   Martin, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge representation; Nearness; Spatial cognition; Spatial proximity; Spatial reasoning

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASURE; HUMAN REASONING; NEARNESS; ONE-FACTOR; PROXIMITY MEASURE; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; SPATIAL REASONING;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054082641     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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