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Modelling Affordances as Emergent Phenomena (Short Paper)

Authors Sabine Timpf , Franziska Klügl

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  • Computing methodologies → Modeling methodologies
  • Computing methodologies → Spatial and physical reasoning
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  • agent-based modelling
  • cognitive engineering
  • spatial cognition
  • theory of modelling

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Abstract

Affordances are an important basis for many human-environment interactions such as navigation or geo-design. In this short paper we present an approach to modelling affordances based on treating affordances as emergent phenomena in an agent-based simulation. We use the notion of an affordance schema to represent the setting in which the emergence of an affordance is made possible. We use a case study to show that (unexpected) affordances emerge during the course of the simulation. While the general approach is promising and may be used for other emergent phenomena such as landmarks, we also acknowledge and discuss the problems incurred during the modelling process. The paper closes with a reflection and some ideas for future work.

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Sabine Timpf and Franziska Klügl. Modelling Affordances as Emergent Phenomena (Short Paper). In 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 277, pp. 72:1-72:6, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.72

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Sabine Timpf
  • Geoinformatics Group, University of Augsburg, Germany
Franziska Klügl
  • AASS/NT, Örebro University, Sweden

Funding

  • Timpf, Sabine: Funding from the Erasmus+ program is gratefully acknowledged.

Acknowledgements

The constructive comments from two reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.

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