Region-Based Geometry (RBG)

Whereas the RCC theory represents topological properties of regions (or affine properties if the `convex-hull' function is added), Region-Based Geometry can be used to define all geometrical properties or relations among spatial regions.

Key Publications

  • A Foundation for Region-Based Qualitative Geometry
    B. Bennett, A. G. Cohn, P. Torrini and S. M. Hazarika
    Proceedings of ECAI-2000, edited by W. Horn, pp 204-208, (2000).
    [PostScript] [gzipped PostScript] p>
  • Describing Rigid Body Motions in a Qualitative Theory of Spatial Regions
    B. Bennett, A. G. Cohn, P. Torrini and S. M. Hazarika
    Proceedings of AAAI-2000, edited by Henry A. Kautz and Bruce Porter, pp 503-509, (2000).
    [PostScript] [gzipped PostScript]

  • Region-Based Qualitative Geometry
    B. Bennett, A. G. Cohn, P. Torrini and S. M. Hazarika
    Technical Report 2000.07, School of Computing, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK, (2000).
    [PostScript] [gzipped PostScript]
    This report subsumes the AAAI and ECAI papers on RBG.

  • A Categorical Axiomatisation of Region-Based Geometry
    B. Bennett
    Fuindamenta Informaticae, 46 , pp 145-158, (2001).
    [PostScript] [gzipped PostScript]