Exploring information visualization - Describing different interaction patterns

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 16-23

  Pohl, Margit ^a   Wiltner, Sylvia ^a   Miksch, Silvia ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Exploratory information visualization; Insight; Interaction; Perception; Problem solving; Software logging

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; DAVIDSON; EVALUATION; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; INSIGHT; INTERACTION; INTERACTION PATTERN; INTERACTIVE INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; ERRORS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84857612506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2110192.2110195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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