A Task-Analytic Approach to the Automated Design of Graphic Presentations

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 111-151

  Casner, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

automated design; graphic design; graphic user interface; task analysis; visual languages

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA PROCESSING; DATA STRUCTURES; ERGONOMICS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

AUTOMATED DESIGN; TASK ANALYSIS; VISUAL LANGUAGES;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0026135255     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 15577368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/108360.108361     Document Type: Article

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