Reasoning with Sequences of Point Events* (An Extended Abstract)

We propose to model recurring events as multipoint events by extending Vilain and Kautz’s point algebra [7]. We then propose an exact algorithm based on van Beek’s exact algorithm) forfinding feasi 6 le relations for multi-point event networks. The complexity of our method is compared with previously known results both for recurring and non-recurring events. We identify the special cases for which our multi-point based algorithm can find exact solution. Finally, we summarise our paper with brief discussion on ongoing and future research.