• 中国计算机学会会刊
  • 中国科技核心期刊
  • 中文核心期刊

J4 ›› 2007, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 57-60.

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  • Online:2007-06-01 Published:2010-06-03

Abstract:

Consistency checking of cardinal direction constraints is one ot the essenual issues in qualitative spatial reasoning. This paper draws several conclu sions regarding the consistency of a given set of cardinal direction constraints by means of the directed graph technology. Based on the conclusions an  algorithm is proposed for the checking, which improves Skiadopoulos' algorithm. In comparison with Skiadopoulos' method, our method can indicate all iinconsistent constraint subsets and can be more efficient in performance.

Key words: cardinal direction constraint, direction constraint graph, consistency checking, algorithm