Users’ perceptions of the relative costs and benefits of 2D and 3D visual displays in discrete-event simulation

SIMULATION

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 464-480

  Akpan, Ikpe Justice ^a   Brooks, Roger J ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; discrete event simulation; modeling; three dimensional visualization; two dimensional display; visual display

Indexed keywords

2D SIMULATIONS; 3-D DISPLAYS; ADDITIONAL COSTS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DECISION MAKERS; DISCRETE EVENTS; MODELING PROCESS; PROJECT OUTCOMES; REAL SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; USERS' PERCEPTION; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION; VISUAL DISPLAY;

DECISION MAKING; MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84860485807     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549711423734     Document Type: Article

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