Of red planets and indigo computers: Mars database visualization as an example of platform downsizing

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Kaiser, Mary K ^a   Montegut, Michael J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MARS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031064135     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200566     Document Type: Article

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