Time Point for Temporal Reasoning
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Mon Mar 24 13:03:29 PST 2003
Tue Mar 25 16:03:06 PST 2003
This temporal reasoning step represents a combination of one or more of the following facts about time points. We use the a shorthand notation where < means 'before', <= means 'before-or-equal-point', and = means 'equal-point':
If a < b, and b < c, then a < c. [Transitivity of 'before']
If a <= b, and b <= c, then a <= c. [Transitivity of 'before-or-equal-point']
If a < b, and b <= c, then a < c. [Composition of 'before' and 'before-or-equal-point']
If a < b, and b = c, then a < c. [Composition of 'before' and 'equal-point']
If a = b, and b <= c, then a <= c. [Composition of 'equal-point' and 'before-or-equal-point'.]