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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Qualitative Approach to Rigid Body Mechanics

Abstract

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In order for a program to interact with the world as well as people do, we must provide it with a great deal of commonsense about the way things work. Reasoning about the geometric interactions and motions of objects is an important part of that commonsense. Some of the most complex problems we solve involve reasoning about mechanical devices, such as gears, cams, and clocks.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Science
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Nielsen, Paul Eric
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Forbus, Ken,

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8908788
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69605

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Nielsen, Paul Eric. A Qualitative Approach to Rigid Body Mechanics. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69605