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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.11.11.1
Representing and Solving Spatial Problems (Dagstuhl Seminar 21492)

Authors: Pedro Cabalar, Zoe Falomir, Paulo E. Santos, and Thora Tenbrink

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Abstract
Everyday life takes place in space and time, and spatial experience lies at the heart of our existence. Understanding how we conceive spatial relations, and how we solve spatio-temporal problems, is therefore key to understanding human cognition. Spatial cognition research has advanced considerably over the past decades, with major successes particularly in computational implementations of knowledge representation and reasoning methods. Still, a range of key issues continue to pose major challenges. The goal of this report is to discuss the various options for the formalisation, implementation and automated solution of spatial problems including the following issues: the identification and specification of relevant concepts as expressed in human language; modules for automated understanding of domain descriptions; the use of spatial structures and affordances for direct spatial problem solving; and, the development of efficient planning systems capable of providing feasible solutions to spatial problems. This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 21492 "Representing and Solving Spatial Problems".
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Pedro Cabalar, Zoe Falomir, Paulo E. Santos, and Thora Tenbrink. Representing and Solving Spatial Problems (Dagstuhl Seminar 21492). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 11, Issue 11, pp. 1-55, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@Article{cabalar_et_al:DagRep.11.11.1,
  author =	{Cabalar, Pedro and Falomir, Zoe and Santos, Paulo E. and Tenbrink, Thora},
  title =	{{Representing and Solving Spatial Problems (Dagstuhl Seminar 21492)}},
  pages =	{1--55},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{11},
  number =	{11},
  editor =	{Cabalar, Pedro and Falomir, Zoe and Santos, Paulo E. and Tenbrink, Thora},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.11.11.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-159387},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.11.11.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: knowledge representation, language analysis and cognitive processes, problem solving, spatial reasoning}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2019.17
The Language of Architectural Diagrams

Authors: Thora Tenbrink, Ruth C. Dalton, and Anwen Jago Williams

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 142, 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019)

Abstract
Complex buildings frequently present a challenge to users’ understanding, which may affect wayfinding as well as appreciation of the building’s structure. In this paper we focus on the building’s diagram, a representation by the building’s architect that captures its main ‘idea’. Motivated by the intuition that a building may be easier to understand if its conceptual diagram can be clearly and easily described, we explored perceivers’ descriptions of such diagrams' features. We asked students of Language and students of Architecture to write about the buildings represented in a variety of diagrams, and then repeated the task for photographs of the actual buildings. Using Cognitive Discourse Analysis, we aimed to create a first qualitative exploration of the linguistic and conceptual patterns that are associated with the perception of diagrams and images of complex buildings. Among other factors, results show how perception of the diagram’s meaning is fundamentally affected by subject expertise. Linguistic patterns demonstrate the ways in which written descriptions reflect observers’ understanding and concepts of building representations, providing a starting point for future studies which may address the possible relationship between the verbalisability of a diagram and the legibility of a building.
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Thora Tenbrink, Ruth C. Dalton, and Anwen Jago Williams. The Language of Architectural Diagrams. In 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 142, pp. 17:1-17:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)

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@InProceedings{tenbrink_et_al:LIPIcs.COSIT.2019.17,
  author =	{Tenbrink, Thora and Dalton, Ruth C. and Williams, Anwen Jago},
  title =	{{The Language of Architectural Diagrams}},
  booktitle =	{14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019)},
  pages =	{17:1--17:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-115-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{142},
  editor =	{Timpf, Sabine and Schlieder, Christoph and Kattenbeck, Markus and Ludwig, Bernd and Stewart, Kathleen},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2019.17},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-111099},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2019.17},
  annote =	{Keywords: visualisation, Cognitive Discourse Analysis, linguistic representation, building legibility}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.05491.6
Methods for analyzing natural discourse: Investigating spatial language in HRI vs. in a no-feedback web study

Authors: Thora Tenbrink

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 5491, Spatial Cognition: Specialization and Integration (2007)

Abstract
The focus of interest in my research lies in the investigation of spontaneously produced natural language used to refer to the spatial position of a goal object. In this short paper I compare two central elicitation scenarios which have been useful for the investigation of speakers' strategies to achieve given discourse purposes by using spatial reference: a no-feedback web study and a human-robot interaction scenario. In both cases the task was to identify one out of several similar objects in a configuration by using spatial reference. The results of the two kinds of studies show a number of important systematic differences as well as striking parallels with respect to speakers' conceptual and linguistic strategies.
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Thora Tenbrink. Methods for analyzing natural discourse: Investigating spatial language in HRI vs. in a no-feedback web study. In Spatial Cognition: Specialization and Integration. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 5491, pp. 1-10, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{tenbrink:DagSemProc.05491.6,
  author =	{Tenbrink, Thora},
  title =	{{Methods for analyzing natural discourse: Investigating spatial language in HRI vs. in a no-feedback web study}},
  booktitle =	{Spatial Cognition: Specialization and Integration},
  pages =	{1--10},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{5491},
  editor =	{Anthony G. Cohn and Christian Freksa and Bernhard Nebel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.05491.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-9836},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.05491.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: Human robot interaction, discourse, spatial reference}
}
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