Download or read book Applying Soft Computing in Defining Spatial Relations written by Pascal Matsakis and published by Physica. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geometric properties and relations play central roles in the description and processing of spatial data. The properties and relations studied by mathematicians usually have precise definitions, but verbal descriptions often involve imprecisely defined concepts such as elongatedness or proximity. The methods used in soft computing provide a framework for formulating and manipulating such concepts. This volume contains eight papers on the soft definition and manipulation of spatial relations and gives a comprehensive summary on the subject.