Spatial Cognition II

Integrating Abstract Theories, Empirical Studies, Formal Methods, and Practical Applications

440 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Maps and Diagrams.- Cognitive Zoom: From Object to Path and Back Again.- Monitoring Change: Characteristics of Dynamic Geo-spatial Phenomena for Visual Exploration.- The Use of Maps, Images and "Gestures" for Navigation.- Schematizing Maps: Simplification of Geographic Shape by Discrete Curve Evolution.- Schematic Maps as Wayfinding Aids.- Some Ways that Maps and Diagrams Communicate.- Spatial Communication with Maps: Defining the Correctness of Maps Using a Multi-Agent Simulation.- Schematic Maps for Robot Navigation.- Motion and Spatial Reference.- From Motion Observation to Qualitative Motion Representation.- Lexical Specifications of Paths.- Visual Processing and Representation of Spatio-temporal Patterns.- Orienting and Reorienting in Egocentric Mental Models.- Investigating Spatial Reference Systems through Distortions in Visual Memory.- Spatial Relations and Spatial Inference.- Towards Cognitive Adequacy of Topological Spatial Relations.- Interactive Layout Generation with a Diagrammatic Constraint Language.- Inference and Visualization of Spatial Relations.- A Topological Calculus for Cartographic Entities.- The Influence of Linear Shapes on Solving Interval-Based Configuration Problems.- Navigation in Real and Virtual Spaces.- Transfer of Spatial Knowledge from Virtual to Real Environments.- Coarse Qualitative Descriptions in Robot Navigation.- Oblique Angled Intersections and Barriers: Navigating through a Virtual Maze.- Modelling Navigational Knowledge by Route Graphs.- Using Realistic Virtual Environments in the Study of Spatial Encoding.- Navigating Overlapping Virtual Worlds: Arriving in One Place and Finding that You're Somewhere Else.- Spatial Memory.- Influences of Context on Memory for Routes.- Preparing a Cup of Tea and Writing a Letter: DoScript-Based Actions Influence the Representation of a Real Environment?.- Action Related Determinants of Spatial Coding in Perception and Memory.- Investigation of Age and Sex Effects in Spatial Cognitions as Assessed in a Locomotor Maze and in a 2-D Computer Maze.

• Reihe: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Themen: Informatik und Informationstechnologie Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) Natürliche Sprachen und maschinelle Übersetzung
• ISBN: 9783540675846
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.05.2000
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: Karl F. Wender, Wilfried Brauer, Christian Freksa, Christopher Habel