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The Inherent Structure of Experiments as a Constraint to Spatial Analysis and Modeling Scheider, Simon Verstegen, Judith A. pragmatic Logic experimental Norms spatio-temporal Models We argue that in order to justify a modeling approach for a particular purpose, we need to better understand the experimental structure that is supposed to be represented by a given model application. For this purpose, we introduce a logic for specifying causal as well as spatio-temporal experiments, based on which we reinterpret Sinton’s structure of spatial information from a pragmatic, experimental viewpoint. We illustrate the use of this logic based on a landuse modeling example, showing to what extent remote sensing and simulation approaches can be justified by decomposing the example into experiments required for answering its main question. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Simon Scheider and Judith A. Verstegen 2025 Is Part Of LIPIcs, Volume 346, 13th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2025) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2025.17 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-238468 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2025.17 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode