Diagrams as tools in the design of information systems

Design Computing and Cognition '08 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 103-122

  Nickerson, Jeffrey V ^a   Corter, James E ^b   Tversky, Barbara ^b   Zahner, Doris ^a   Rho, Yun Jin ^b  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; TOPOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; DIAGRAM DESIGNS; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; GRAPH MANIPULATION; GRAPH TOPOLOGY; TOPOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 80052115227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8728-8_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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