B. J. Kuipers. 1978. Modeling spatial knowledge.
Cognitive Science 2: 129-153, 1978.

• Reprinted in Advances in Spatial Reasoning, Volume 2, Su-shing Chen (Ed.), Norwood NJ: Ablex Publishing, 1990.

Abstract

A person's cognitive map, or knowledge of large-scale space, is built up from observations gathered as he travels through the environment. It acts as a problem solver to find routes and relative positions, as well as describing the current location. The TOUR model captures the multiple representations that make up the cognitive map, the problem-solving strategies it uses, and the mechanisms for assimilating new information. The representations have rich collections of states of partial knowledge, which support many of the performance characteristics of common-sense knowledge.

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Background

• B. J. Kuipers. 1977.
  Representing Knowledge of Large-Scale Space.
  Doctoral dissertation, Mathematics Department, June 1977,
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Published as MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory TR 418, 1977.