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Qualitative reasoning uses a limited set of relevant distinctions of the domain to allow a flexible way of representing and reasoning about it. This work presents a conceptual framework for qualitative reasoning about information networks from a spatial-topological point of view. We consider the properties of connectivity and some topological invariants to describe the structural characteristics of and the topological relationships between networks. The paper presents a data model for networks which generalizes the notion of graph, founded in algebraic and topological considerations. Such conceptual tool can be useful in different domains, from social to technological networks.
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Rodríguez, A., Gutierrez, C. (2006). A Formal Approach to Qualitative Reasoning on Topological Properties of Networks. In: Staab, S., Svátek, V. (eds) Managing Knowledge in a World of Networks. EKAW 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11891451_32
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