Exploring the efficiency of users' visual analytics strategies based on sequence analysis of eye movement recordings

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1559-1575

  Coltekin A ^a   Fabrikant, S I ^a   Lacayo, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Eye tracking; Map use; Sequence analysis; Visual analytics strategies

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EYE; MAP; MOVEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77957898724     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.511718     Document Type: Article

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