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# Transition Constraints: A Study on the Computational Complexity of Qualitative Change

@inproceedings{Westphal2013TransitionCA,
title={Transition Constraints: A Study on the Computational Complexity of Qualitative Change},
author={M. Westphal and J. Hu{\'e} and S. W{\"o}lfl and B. Nebel},
booktitle={IJCAI},
year={2013}
}
Many formalisms discussed in the literature on qualitative spatial reasoning are designed for expressing static spatial constraints only. However, dynamic situations arise in virtually all applications of these formalisms, which makes it necessary to study variants and extensions dealing with change. This paper presents a study on the computational complexity of qualitative change. More precisely, we discuss the reasoning task of finding a solution to a temporal sequence of static reasoning… Expand

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