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Automatically acquiring knowledge by digital maps in artificial intelligence planning techniques

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Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Space

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Abstract

Any ES research, in particular planner ES research, shows that knowledge acquisition is a bottleneck when building up the ES prototypes. From this viewpoint, the possibility of automatically acquiring knowledge for ES, at least with reference to special themes and problems, may be seen as constituting an interesting line of research.

Inductive and EBL methodologies, founded on quantitative and qualitative knowledge, are the main contributions that the ML (a branch of AI) makes to the above mentioned goal. Both approaches, even if very little investigated in the planning domain, seem to invite further research.

We refer in particular to the potentials of automatically learning by maps. Relating to the research on planner ES prototypes for urban environmental control, this paper intends to set up a preliminary discussion on the perspectives offered by the automatic interpretation of key variables in order to make elementary inferences concerning urban typologies and situations.

The paper refers to the research coordinated by F. Clemente, University of Cagliari, “Integration of Environmental Control and Spatial Organization Methods”, Ministry of Scientific Research, Research Program of National Interest and Relevant Interest for Science Development. The research unit of the University of Bari is directed by D. Borri.

The present paper is the result of a team work. The individual contributions are articulated as follows: paragraph 1 is by D. Borri, paragraph 2 is by A. Barbanente, paragraph 3 is by F. Selicato, paragraph 4 is by F. Esposito and P. Leo, paragraph 6 is by G. Maciocco.

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  1. C.N.R. - I.R.I.S., Bari, Italy

    A. Barbanente

  2. Department of Town Planning, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy

    D. Borri & F. Selicato

  3. Institute of Computer Sciences, University of Bari, Italy

    F. Esposito

  4. Institute of Town Planning, School of Engineering, Universty of Cagliari, Italy

    P. Leo & G. Maciocco

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Barbanente, A., Borri, D., Esposito, F., Leo, P., Maciocco, G., Selicato, F. (1992). Automatically acquiring knowledge by digital maps in artificial intelligence planning techniques. In: Frank, A.U., Campari, I., Formentini, U. (eds) Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Space. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 639. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55966-3_23

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