Browsing a document collection represented in two- and three-dimensional virtual information space

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 713-736

  Westerman, S J ^a   Collins, J ^b   Cribbin, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Information retrieval; Information visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMANTICS;

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION REPRESENTATION; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; SPATIAL-SEMATIC MAPPING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 19744377887     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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