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Pointing to Places in a Deductive Geospatial Theory

by Waldinger, R., Jarvis, P., and Dungan, J.

in Workshop on Analysis of Geographical References; Human Language Technology Conference pp. 10–17,

Abstract

Issues in the description of places are discussed in the context of a logical geospatial theory. This theory lies at the core of the system GeoLogica, which deduces answers to geographical questions based on knowledge provided by multiple agents.

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Associated Projects

	Aquaint: From Question-Answering to Information Seeking Dialogs From question-answering to information-seeking dialogs.
	Deductive Composition of Multiple Data Sources A framework is being developed for composing answers to queries, using automated deduction and multi-agent information brokering, based on multiple information sources. The technology is being applied to answering geographical queries for ecological modeling, based on NASA EOSDIS satellite imagery, map data, and gazetteer information.
	Knowledge Creation Tools for DAML This project is building ontologies and tools in support of the Semantic Web, as part of the DARPA Agent Markup Language program.

AIC Personnel

	Name	Title	E-mail
	Jarvis, Peter A	Alumnus
	Waldinger, Richard J	Principal Scientist