Many roads lead to Rome: Mapping users' problem-solving strategies

Information Visualization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-247

  Mayr, Eva ^a   Smuc, Michael ^a   Risku, Hanna ^b  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Methodology; Participatory design; Problem solving strategies; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SCAFFOLDS; VISUALIZATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 80054829688     PISSN: 14738716     EISSN: 14738724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473871611415987     Document Type: Article

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