Pinpoint: A design study in interactive visualization for finding people in a large organization

Information Visualization

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-151

  Forsén, Gunnar ^a   Lundin, Thomas ^a   Löwgren, Jonas ^b  

^a IKEA IT ^*  (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aesthetic and instrumental qualities; Design study; Information visualization; Interactive visualization; Knowledge work

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROBLEMS; DESIGN STUDIES; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; KNOWLEDGE WORK; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; LARGE ORGANIZATIONS;

DESIGN; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77952622831     PISSN: 14738716     EISSN: 14738724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ivs.2009.14     Document Type: Article

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