Visual Reasoning with Graphs

Abstract

Understanding diagrams is an important part of human cognition. Computer programs need to understand and reason using diagrams to communicate effectively with people. This paper explains how line graphs can be interpreted in a domain independent manner. We present a computer program called SKETCHY that reasons about physical phenomena visually by using line graphs. SKETCHY can interpret graphs to recover functional relationships, answer comparative analysis questions and generate qualitative descriptions using geometric models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA466292

Entities

People

  • Yusuf Pisan

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Cycles
  • Discontinuities
  • Equations
  • Object Recognition
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physical Properties
  • Rankine Cycles
  • Reasoning
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Theoretical Analysis.