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Geospatial Abduction

Principles and Practice

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Authors:
  1. Paulo Shakarian

    1. Bowie, USA

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  2. V. S. Subrahmanian

    1. Inst. Advanced Computer Studies, Dept. Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  • Provides the mathematics underlying geospatial abduction and the algorithms to solve them in practice
  • Offers wide applicability in many different fields for practitioners and researchers
  • Includes several lively, real-world examples that will explain the material very clearly to a reader
  • Includes a web site dedicated to geospatial abduction, hosted at University of Maryland. In addition, the authors will record video lectures (30-60 minutes each) devoted to each chapter, as well as slides on each. These materials will supplement the book

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Paulo Shakarian, V. S. Subrahmanian
    Pages 1-13

  3. Point-based Geospatial Abduction

    • Paulo Shakarian, V. S. Subrahmanian
    Pages 15-56

  4. Region-Based Geospatial Abduction

    • Paulo Shakarian, V. S. Subrahmanian
    Pages 57-92

  5. Geospatial Abduction with Adaptive Adversaries

    • Paulo Shakarian, V. S. Subrahmanian, John P. Dickerson
    Pages 93-146

  6. Two Real-World Geospatial Abduction Applications

    • Paulo Shakarian, V. S. Subrahmanian
    Pages 147-165

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 167-168
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Imagine yourself as a military officer in a conflict zone trying to identify locations of weapons caches supporting road-side bomb attacks on your country’s troops. Or imagine yourself as a public health expert trying to identify the location of contaminated water that is causing diarrheal diseases in a local population. Geospatial abduction is a new technique introduced by the authors that allows such problems to be solved. Geospatial Abduction provides the mathematics underlying geospatial abduction and the algorithms to solve them in practice; it has wide applicability and can be used by practitioners and researchers in many different fields. Real-world applications of geospatial abduction to military problems are included. Compelling examples drawn from other domains as diverse as criminology, epidemiology and archaeology are covered as well. This book also includes access to a dedicated website on geospatial abduction hosted by University of Maryland. Geospatial Abduction targets practitioners working in general AI, game theory, linear programming, data mining, machine learning, and more. Those working in the fields of computer science, mathematics, geoinformation, geological and biological science will also find this book valuable.

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“This monograph is an attempt to formalize abductive reasoning based on geospatial information. It includes conceptual definitions, algorithms for exact and approximate solutions, descriptions of heuristics, and examples of applying geospatial abduction to real-world problems. … The exposition is comparable to senior undergraduate or graduate-level texts in algorithms and computability theory. … This monograph will be a useful addition to the shelves of academics, students, and developers working with geospatial knowledge in a variety of domains.” (R. M. Malyankar, ACM Computing Reviews, June, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bowie, USA

    Paulo Shakarian

  • Inst. Advanced Computer Studies, Dept. Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    V. S. Subrahmanian

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