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Allen's interval algebra: a standalone construct

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a calculus of thirteen basic relations between time intervals, such as before, meets and overlaps, used for temporal reasoning.

In knowledge representation, Allen's interval algebra refers to a calculus of thirteen basic relations between time intervals, such as before, meets and overlaps, used for temporal reasoning. This meaning comes from Allen (1983) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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interval4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs knowledge6 fields · 12 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs reasoning6 fields · 17 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Allen, J. F. (1983). Maintaining knowledge about temporal intervals. Communications of the ACM, 26(11), 832-843. https://doi.org/10.1145/182.358434

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