Handbook of Spatial Logics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402055862 ISBN 13: 9781402055867

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

The aim of this handbook is to create, for the first time, a systematic account of the field of spatial logic. The book comprises a general introduction, followed by fourteen chapters by invited authors. Each chapter provides a self-contained overview of its topic, describing the principal results obtained to date, explaining the methods used to obtain them, and listing the most important open problems. Jointly, these contributions constitute a comprehensive survey of this rapidly expanding subject.

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From the Back Cover

A spatial logic is a formal language interpreted over any class of structures featuring geometrical entities and relations, broadly construed. In the past decade, spatial logics have attracted much attention in response to developments in such diverse fields as Artificial Intelligence, Database Theory, Physics, and Philosophy. The aim of this handbook is to create, for the first time, a systematic account of the field of spatial logic. The book comprises a general introduction, followed by fourteen chapters by invited authors. Each chapter provides a self-contained overview of its topic, describing the principal results obtained to date, explaining the methods used to obtain them, and listing the most important open problems. Jointly, these contributions constitute a comprehensive survey of this rapidly expanding subject.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402055862
• ISBN 13: 9781402055867
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1058
• Editor: Aiello Marco, Pratt-Hartmann Ian, Benthem Johan Van