The paper is an exercise in descriptive ontology, with specific applications to problems in the geographical sphere. It presents a general typology of spatial boundaries, based in particular on an opposition between bona fide or physical boundaries on the one hand, and fiat or human-demarcation-induced boundaries on the other. Cross-cutting this opposition are further oppositions in the realm o...

In this paper, a method for automatically creating circuit schematic diagrams from the topological information contained in network data files has been proposed. This method is based on Self-Organizing Map (SOM) neural network and the basic idea behind the method is to let the network span itself according to a given “shape” of the network grid. The topology of a network is defined by the conne...

Plagiarism in the sense of “theft of intellectual property” has been around for as long as humans have produced work of art and research. However, easy access to the Web, large databases, and telecommunication in general, has turned plagiarism into a serious problem for publishers, researchers and educational institutions. In this paper, we concentrate on textual plagiarism (as opposed to plagi...

This paper reveals the existence of a gateway between the two seemingly disparate subjects of accounting and strategic planning. This is achieved by examining two important existing methodologies, events accounting and cognitive mapping, and restating them both in conceptual graphs. Also, for the bridge to be viable the framework must be usable by accountants and strategic planners. To achieve ...

We present an interactive system called ArchiDNA for creating 2D and 3D conceptual drawings in architectural design. We developed a novel principle of shape generation called match-and-attach by analyzing drawing styles of a contemporary architect, Peter Eisenman. The process consists of user interaction techniques and a set of rules that decide how one ormore shapes attach to another shape. On...