Application of Supervaluation Semantics to Vaguely Defined Spatial Concepts

  • Authors:
  • Brandon Bennett

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • COSIT 2001 Proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory: Foundations of Geographic Information Science
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The paper examines ways in which the interpretation of spatial concepts is affected by vagueness and suggests mechanisms for taking account of this within spatial information systems. The theory of supervaluation semantics is explained and applied to the spatial domain and to particular problems of defining geographical concepts such as 'forest'.