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Author and Citation Info:
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Events and processes. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Compare and contrast the concepts of continuants (entities) and occurrents (events)
Describe the “actor” role that entities and fields play in events and processes
Discuss the difficulty of integrating process models into GIS software based on the entity and field views, and methods used to do so
Apply or develop formal systems for describing continuous spatio-temporal processes
Evaluate the assertion that “events and processes are the same thing, but viewed at different temporal scales”
Describe particular events or processes in terms of identity, categories, attributes, and locations
Compare and contrast the concepts of event and process
You are currently viewing an archived version of Topic . If updates or revisions have been published you can find them at .
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Events and processes. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).