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A General Framework for Naming Qualitative Models Based on Intervals

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In qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning we can distinguish between comparing and naming magnitudes. In particular, naming qualitative models allow humans to express spatio-temporal concepts such as “That horse is really fast”. In colloquial terms, naming concepts are called relative. In this paper we present a general framework to solve the representation magnitude and a general algorithm to solve the basic step of inference process of qualitative models based on intervals. The general method is based on the definition of two algorithms: the qualitative sum and the qualitative difference.

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  1. Universitat Jaume-I, Castellón, Spain

    Ester Martínez-Martín, M. Teresa Escrig & Angel P. del Pobil

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  1. Dept. Computer Science &, Intelligent Systems, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-chu 1-1, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

  2. , Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan F. De Paz Santana

  3. , Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez González

  4. Escuela Politécnica Superior (EPS), Depto. Informática, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad Carloss III 22, Madrid, 28270, Spain

    Jose M. Molina

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    Ana M. Bernardos

  6. Faculty of Science, Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado Rodríguez

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Martínez-Martín, E., Escrig, M.T., del Pobil, A.P. (2012). A General Framework for Naming Qualitative Models Based on Intervals. In: Omatu, S., De Paz Santana, J., González, S., Molina, J., Bernardos, A., Rodríguez, J. (eds) Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 151. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28765-7_82

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