Cognitive mapping techniques for user-database interaction

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-108

  Siau, Keng ^a   Tan, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Technical communication; User database interaction

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; MAPPING; SEMANTICS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

COGNITIVE MAPPING; SEMANTIC MAPPING; USER DATABASE INTERACTION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33744816223     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.875074     Document Type: Article

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