Changing the equation on scientific data visualization

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6018, 2011, Pages 705-708

  Fox, Peter ^a   Hendler, James ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATABASE; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH WORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; SHORT SURVEY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA DISPLAY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79951482388     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1197654     Document Type: Short Survey

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