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Time Dimension, Objects, and Life Tracks. A Conceptual Analysis

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The purpose of this paper is to clarify in the framework of Temporal Concept Analysis the distinction between the notion of the dimension of time and the one-dimensionality of life tracks of simple objects. The reader is led to the central problems by many examples.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Science, Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences, Schoefferstr. 3, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany

    Karl Erich Wolff

  2. Department of Computer Science, Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences, Schoefferstr. 3, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany

    Wendsomde Yameogo

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  2. Semantics Technology and Applications Research Laboratory (STARLab), Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050, Brussels 5, Belgium

    Aldo de Moor

  3. Institut für Algebra, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany

    Wilfried Lex

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Wolff, K.E., Yameogo, W. (2003). Time Dimension, Objects, and Life Tracks. A Conceptual Analysis. In: Ganter, B., de Moor, A., Lex, W. (eds) Conceptual Structures for Knowledge Creation and Communication. ICCS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2746. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45091-7_13

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