Computational Properties of Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Calculi

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Table

This is a list of spatial and temporal calculi in alphabetical order:

Name Domain No. of Base Relations NP-Hard a-closure decide consistency for atomic networks Extensional Tractable Subsets
Allens Interval 1D Line Segments 13 yes yes yes ORDHorn
rectangle calculus rectangles 169
Closed Disk Algebra 2D Closed Disks 8 yes no yes
LR Calculus Points 9 yes no
Dipole Calculus DRAc Directions from Line Segments 24
Dipole Calculus DRAf Directions from Line Segments 72
Dipole Calculus DRAfp Directions from Line Segments 80
OPRA1 Oriented Points 20
OPRAm Oriented Points 4m*(4m+1)
Single Cross Calculus Points 8
Double Cross Calculus Points 15
Nine-Intersection Model Simple 2D Regions 8 no yes
Point Algebra Points along a line 3 yes yes yes all
RCC5 General 2D Regions 5 yes yes no n.a.
RCC8 General 2D Regions 8 yes [1] yes [2] No H^8, C8, Q8
RCC23 General 2D Concave Regions 23
Star Algebra Directions from a point
INDU 1D-Line Segments + Size 25
Cardinal direction calculus Directions
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-B11 Moving Point Objects in 1D 9
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-B21 Moving Point Objects in 2D 9
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-B12 Moving Point Objects in 1D 17
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-B22 Moving Point Objects in 2D 27
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-C21 Moving Point Objects in 2D 81
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-C22 Moving Point Objects in 2D 305
Qualitative trajectory calculus QTC-N Moving Point Objects in a network 17
TPCC Points 25
CYC-t oriented lines 24 yes

References

  1. "J. Renz and B. Nebel." On the complexity of qualitative spatial reasoning: A maximal tractable fragment of the Region Connection Calculus. AIJ, 108:69–123, 1999.
  2. "B. Nebel and H-J. Burckert ."Reasoning about temporal relations: a maximal tractable subset of Allen’s interval algebra. J. ACM, 42(1):43-66, 1995.