Rather than seeing metaphor merely as a set of mappings between a source domain and a target domain, the author proposes that it be understood as an on-line relevance-blending process, one that involves mappings among multiple mental spaces, and serves as a means by which to search for optimal relevance and to improve one s cognitive environments.

Fauconnier describes people s association process as mapping from one mental space to another.

The writer argues that metaphor is not merely a set of mappings between a source domain and a target domain, rather, it is an on-line relevance-blending process which involves mappings among multiple mental spaces within proper cognitive contexts.

Efficient service composition strategy in smart space;

Proactive location-awareness service model for smart space;

Research on Key Enabling Technologies for Smart Space;

Research and development of intelligent space technology for a home service robot;

3D motion planning of a three-limbed robot for intelligent space;

SLAM of home service robot based on intelligent space;

Therefore,these complex behaviors of the rock mass should be described by the method of spatial agent model based on knowledge fusion technology.