The intelligent use of space

1995/02/01 by David Kirsh · 926 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Action (physics) #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Creatures #Data Visualization and Analytics #Data science #Epistemology #Geography #Human–computer interaction #Interactive and Immersive Displays #Natural (archaeology) #Perception #Plan (archaeology) #Set (abstract data type) #Space (punctuation) #Spatial Cognition and Navigation #Spatial intelligence #Spatial relation

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0004-3702(94)00017-u

published in Artificial Intelligence 73(1-2), 31-68 (Elsevier BV)

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