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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2017.5
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-77667
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2017/7766/
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Bittner, Thomas

Towards a Quantum Theory of Geographic Fields

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Abstract

This paper proposes a framework that that allows for the possibility that multiple classically incompatible states are expressed simultaneously at a given point of a geographic field. The admission of such superposition states provides the basis for a new understanding of indeterminacy and ontological vagueness in the geographic world.

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@InProceedings{bittner:LIPIcs:2017:7766,
  author =	{Thomas Bittner},
  title =	{{Towards a Quantum Theory of Geographic Fields}},
  booktitle =	{13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-043-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{86},
  editor =	{Eliseo Clementini and Maureen Donnelly and May Yuan and Christian Kray and Paolo Fogliaroni and Andrea Ballatore},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2017/7766},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-77667},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2017.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Vagueness, Quantum Geography, Ontology, Ecoregion classification}
}

Keywords: Vagueness, Quantum Geography, Ontology, Ecoregion classification
Collection: 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017)
Issue Date: 2017
Date of publication: 29.08.2017

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