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COSIT 2001: Spatial Information Theory pp 189–205Cite as

Pragmatism and Spatial Layout Design

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Design problems address multiple, ill-defined goals in a computationally intractable search space. Our approach to spatial layout design capitalizes on devices that people use to control search. We advocate multiple passes at increasing, class-based levels of granularity, with heavy infusions of knowledge. Our approach makes brief, inexpensive searches from good starting points, seeking ideas that satisfy multiple criteria simultaneously. The result is an autonomous program for two-dimensional layout design of recreational parks.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Computer Science, Hunter College and The Graduate School, The City University of New York, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Susan L. Epstein

  2. Computer Science Department and Research Center of Geomatics, Laval University, Ste Foy, QC, G1K 7P4, Canada

    Bernard Moulin, Walid Chaker & Jeremi Gancet

  3. Department of Computing and Information Science, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L3N6, Canada

    Janice Glasgow

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  1. Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Daniel R. Montello

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Epstein, S.L., Moulin, B., Chaker, W., Glasgow, J., Gancet, J. (2001). Pragmatism and Spatial Layout Design. In: Montello, D.R. (eds) Spatial Information Theory. COSIT 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2205. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45424-1_13

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