The Logic of Walking: Representing Design Knowledge on Pedestrian Traffic Nets

L B Kovács and P Galle
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L B Kovács: Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 1, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
P Galle: Department of Graphical Communication, Technical University of Denmark, Building 116, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Environment and Planning B, 1993, vol. 20, issue 1, 105-118

Abstract: Specific examples of how ‘soft’ architectural design knowledge can be formalized and made available to knowledge-based design support systems are scarce in the literature. In this paper such an example is presented in some detail. In a context of design of networks of footpaths, streets, or the like for pedestrian traffic, two particular design concepts are studied: ‘concentration of pedestrians’ and ‘smoothness of walking lines’. The concepts are put to work in a hypothetical design, and on that background their possible representation in Horn clause logic is outlined, and computational aspects of the representation are discussed.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1068/b200105

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