Expertise visualization: An implementation and study based on cognitive fit theory

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1539-1557

  Huang, Zan ^a   Chen, Hsinchun ^b   Guo, Fei ^b   Xu, Jennifer J ^c   Wu, Soushan ^d   Chen, Wun Hwa ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive fit theory; Expertise management; Information visualization; Multidimensional scaling; Self organizing map; Visualization evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COGNITIVE FIT THEORY; DATA SETS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (MDS); TAXONOMY;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750442910     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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