A tale of two maps: Analysis of the london underground diagram

Ergonomics in Design

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 7-16

  Degani, Asaf ^a  

^a Wireless Enablers Group   (Israel)

Author keywords

diagrammatic design; formal methods; map design; organization of information

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION OF DATA; ALGORITHMIC APPROACH; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; COHERENT STRUCTURE; INFORMATION ORGANIZATION; LONDON UNDERGROUND; MAP DESIGN; ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATIONS;

DESIGN; FORMAL METHODS; MAPS;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 84881145232     PISSN: 10648046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1064804613489125     Document Type: Article

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