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Most of the work on formalizing abstraction in literature can be found in the problem-solving area of artificial intelligence, but hierarchical arrangement of information has also been used in cognitive science, programming languages, automatic reasoning, mobile robotics, geographical information systems (GIS), VLSI circuit design, networking, and others.

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Fernández, J.A., González, J. (2001). Hierarchies of Abstraction in Literature. In: Multi-Hierarchical Representation of Large-Scale Space. International Series on Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9666-4_2

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