On the optimization of visualizations of complex phenomena

Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 12-

  House, Donald ^a   Bair, Alethea ^a   Ware, Colin ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Genetic algorithm; Layered surfaces; Neural networks; Perception; Principal component analysis; Visualization evaluation

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC; HISTOGRAMMING; HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SEARCH; OPTIMAL TEXTURING;

DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 33749442664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VIS.2005.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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