Boundaries and Topological Algorithms

Title: en_US Boundaries and Topological Algorithms
Creator: en_US Fleck, Margaret Morrison
Date: 2004-10-20T20:11:33Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:11:33Z
Date Issued: en_US 1988-09-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-1065
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6969
Abstract: en_US This thesis develops a model for the topological structure of situations. In this model, the topological structure of space is altered by the presence or absence of boundaries, such as those at the edges of objects. This allows the intuitive meaning of topological concepts such as region connectivity, function continuity, and preservation of topological structure to be modeled using the standard mathematical definitions. The thesis shows that these concepts are important in a wide range of artificial intelligence problems, including low-level vision, high-level vision, natural language semantics, and high-level reasoning.
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Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-1065