Star plots: How shape characteristics influence classification tasks

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-163

  Klippel, Alexander ^a   Hardisty, Frank ^a   Weaver, Chris ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION TASKS; COGNITIVE PROCESS; COMMON PROBLEMS; DATA CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN INTERFACE; MULTIVARIATE DATA; PERCEPTUAL SIMILARITY; SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAR PLOT; VERTICAL AXIS;

MAPPING; MAPS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

CARTOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAPPING METHOD; SHAPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67249106456     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304009788188808     Document Type: Article

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