Applying information visualization techniques to visual representations of task models

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2004, Pages 105-111

  Paternò, Fabio ^a   Zini, Enrico ^b  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ConcurTaskTrees; Fisheye; Information visualization; Semantic zoom; Task model representations

Indexed keywords

FISH-EYE; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; SEMANTIC ZOOM; TASK MODELS; VISUAL MODELLING; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77952988146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1045446.1045466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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