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region connection calculus: a standalone construct

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Geographic information science

a logic of spatial regions built on a single connection relation, defining a set of topological relations such as overlap and part-of for qualitative reasoning.

In geographic information science, region connection calculus refers to a logic of spatial regions built on a single connection relation, defining a set of topological relations such as overlap and part-of for qualitative reasoning. This meaning comes from Cohn (1997) in GeoInformatica.[1]

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References

Cohn, A. G., Bennett, B., Gooday, J., & Gotts, N. M. (1997). Qualitative Spatial Representation and Reasoning with the Region Connection Calculus. GeoInformatica, 1(3), 275-316. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1009712514511

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