Prolog
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1 Spatial Modeling in GIS
1.1 Real World Phenomena and Their Abstractions
1.1.1 Spatial Data and Information
1.2 Concepts of Space and Time
1.2.1 Pre-Newtonian Concepts of Space and Time
1.2.2 Classical Concepts of Space and Time
1.2.3 Contemporary Concepts of Space and Time
1.2.4 Concepts of Space and Time in Spatial Information Systems
1.3 The Real-World and Its Models
1.3.1 Maps
1.3.2 Databases
1.3.3 Space and Time in Real-World Models
1.4 Real-World Models and Their Representation
1.4.1 Spatial Data Models
1.4.2 Spatiotemporal Data Models
1.5 Summary
Chapter 2 Propositional Logic
2.1 Assertion and Proposition
2.2 Logical Operators
2.3 Types of Propositional Forms
2.4 Applications in GIS
2.5 Exercises
Chapter 3 Predicate Logic
3.1 Predicates
3.2 Quantifers
3.3 Quantifers and Logical Operators
3.4 Compact Notation
3.5 Applications in GIS
3.6 Exercises
Chapter 4 Logical Inference
4.1 Logical Arguments
4.2 Proving Arguments Valid in Propositional Logic
4.2.1 Proving Arguments Valid with Truth Tables
4.2.2 Proving Arguments Valid with Rules of Inference
4.3 Proving Arguments Valid in Predicate Logic
4.4 Applications in GIS
4.5 Exercises
Chapter 5 Set Theory
5.1 Sets and Elements
5.2 Relations between Sets
5.3 Operations on Sets
5.4 Applications in GIS
5.5 Exercises
Chapter 6 Relations and Functions
6.1 Cartesian Product
6.2 Binary Relations
6.2.1 Relations and Predicates