Forbus, Kenneth D.,  <br/><br/>
Qualitative representations :  how people reason and learn about the continuous world / 
Kenneth D. Forbus. 
 - xvi, 424 pages :    illustrations ;    24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references : (pages 377-415) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction and preliminaries -- Introduction -- Representation -- Reasoning -- Analogy -- Dynamics -- Quantity -- Relationships between quantities -- Qualitative process theory -- Examples using QP theory -- Causality -- Qualitative simulation and reasoning about change -- Modeling -- Analogy in dynamics -- Dynamics in language -- Space -- Qualitative spatial reasoning: a theoretical framework -- Qualitative spatial calculi -- Understanding sketches and diagrams -- Learning and reasoning -- Learning and conceptual change -- Commonsense reasoning -- Expert reasoning -- Summary and new directions -- Summary -- New directions -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262038942    RM264.66 (PTSL) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cognition.<br/>Reasoning.<br/>Space perception.