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An intensional approach to qualitative and quantitative periodicity‐dependent temporal constraints
Author(s) -
Anselma Luca,
Montani Stefania,
Terenziani Paolo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.291
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-111X
pISSN - 0884-8173
DOI - 10.1002/int.20366
Subject(s) - qualitative reasoning , formalism (music) , computer science , intersection (aeronautics) , temporal database , artificial intelligence , data mining , art , engineering , visual arts , musical , aerospace engineering
Abstract In this paper, we propose a framework for representing and reasoning about qualitative and quantitative temporal constraints between periodic events. In particular, our contribution is twofold: (i) we provide a formalism to deal with both qualitative and quantitative “periodicity‐dependent” constraints between repeated events, considering user‐defined periodicities as well; and (ii) we propose an intensional approach to temporal reasoning, which is based on the operations of intersection and composition. Such a comprehensive approach, to the best of our knowledge, represents an innovative contribution that integrates and extends results from both the artificial intelligence and the temporal databases literature. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.