From quantification to visualization: A taxonomy of uncertainty visualization approaches

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 377 AICT, Issue , 2012, Pages 226-247

  Potter, Kristin ^a   Rosen, Paul ^a   Johnson, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

uncertainty visualization

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; UNCERTAINTY REPRESENTATION; UNCERTAINTY VISUALIZATION;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84868334078     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32677-6_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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