Spatio-temporal approximate reasoning over complex objects

We discuss the problems of spatio-temporal reasoning in the context of hierarchical information maps and approximate reasoning networks (AR networks). Hierarchical information maps are used for representations of domain knowledge about objects, their parts, and their dynamical changes. AR networks are patterns constructed over sensory measurements and they are discovered from hierarchical information maps and experimental data. They make it possible to approximate domain knowledge, i.e., complex spatio-temporal concepts and reasonings represented in hierarchical information maps. Experiments with classifiers based on AR schemes using a road traffic simulator are also briefly presented.