Compressed file length predicts search time and errors on visual displays

Displays

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-78

  Donderi, D C ^a   McFadden, Sharon ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

File compression; Marine electronic charts; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ERRORS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; ONLINE SEARCHING; PROBABILITY; RADAR;

BITMAP COMPUTER DISPLAYS; FILE COMPRESSION; MARINE ELECTRONIC CHARTS; VISUAL SEARCH;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 15844403462     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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