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  Showing the Independence of An Axiom for Temporal Intervals by Model Generation

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by Jian Zhang
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/AAR/issuejune98/zhang-short.ps
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Abstract:

Allen and Hayes [1, 2] proposed to axiomatize temporal intervals, using the predicate "I MEETS J " as a primitive. The meaning of the predicate is that, the end of the interval I is the same as the beginning of the interval J. We shall use I: J for "I MEETS J ". There are 5 axioms:

Citations

94 A Common Sense Theory of Time – Allen, Hayes - 1985
29 Models of axioms for time intervals – Ladkin - 1987
21 Short Time Periods – Hayes, Allen - 1987
6 Generating models by SEM – Zhang, Zhang - 1996
2 Note on a lemma of Ladkin – Galton - 1996