Using space syntax to understand knowledge acquisition and wayfinding in indoor environments

Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, ICCI 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 302-307

  Li, Rui ^a   Klippel, Alexander ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Legibility; Space syntax; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COGNITIVE MAPS; ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE; FORMAL DESCRIPTION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LEGIBILITY; SPACE SYNTAX; SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE; SPECIFIC STRENGTH; WAY-FINDING;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

SYNTACTICS;

EID: 78649810279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COGINF.2010.5599724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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