Evaluating event visualization: A usability study of COPLINK Spatio-Temporal Visualizer

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-157

  Chung, Wingyan ^a,b   Chen, Hsinchun ^b   Chaboya, Luis G ^b   O'Toole, Christopher D ^b   Atabakhsh, Homa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

COPLINK; Crime analysis; Evaluation methodology; Event visualization; Information visualization; Intelligence analysis; Law enforcement; National security; Spatio Temporal Visualizer; Taxonomy; Usability

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY OF DATA; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

COPLINK; CRIME ANALYSIS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGY; EVENT VISUALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL SECURITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VISUALIZER; TAXONOMY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 10644268659     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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