Representations for problem solving: On the benefits of integrated structure

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization

Volumn 8, Issue , 2004, Pages 575-580

  Barone, Rossano ^a   Cheng, Peter C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

INTEGRATED STRUCTURES; REPRESENTATIONAL EPISTEMOLOGY; SCHEDULING INTERFACES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 4644320307     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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