This volume was born from the experience of the authors as researchers and educators,
which suggests that many students of data mining are handicapped in their research by the …

Material objects extend through space by having different spatial parts in different places.
But how do they persist through time? According to some philosophers, things have …

Substantivalists believe that there are regions of space or spacetime. Many substantivalists
also believe that there are entities (people, tables, social groups, electrons, fields, holes …

One of the major problems facing systems for computer aided design; architecture,
engineering, and construction; and geographic information systems applications today is the …

The emergent interest in ontological and conceptual approaches to modeling route
information results from new information technologies as well as from a multidisciplinary …

The material below represents an introduction to ontology, information ontology and
ontology design. This introduction is based on the realist approach to ontology and on the …

Following two successful editions, the third edition of GIS: A Computing Perspective has
been completely revised and updated, with extensive new content reflecting the significant …

This paper presents an axiomatic formalization of a theory of top-level relations between
three categories of entities: individuals, universals, and collections. We deal with a variety of …

Two senses of 'ontology'can be distinguished in the current literature. First is the sense
favored by information scientists, who view ontologies as software implementations …

ABSTRACT A novel approach is introduced for the detection of the location and direction of
traffic congestion using GPS data from taxis. This approach uses a dynamic model that …