Interface and data architecture for query preview in networked information systems

ACM Transactions on Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 320-341

  Plaisant, Catherine ^a   Shneiderman, Ben ^a   Doan, Khoa ^b   Bruns, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c Delorme Mapping   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct manipulation; Dynamic query; EOSDIS; Graphical user interface; Query preview; Query refinement; Science data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000570664     PISSN: 10468188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/314516.314522     Document Type: Article

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