A knowledge task-based framework for design and evaluation of information visualizations

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, INFO VIS

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 143-149

  Amar, Robert ^a   Stasko, John ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic gap; Evaluation; Framework; Information visualization; Knowledge tasks; Theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC GAP; FRAMEWORK; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE TASKS;

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; GRAPH THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUALIZATION;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 16244405902     PISSN: 1522404X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFVIS.2004.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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