Creative user-centered visualization design for energy analysts and modelers

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2516-2525

  Goodwin, Sarah ^a   Dykes, Jason ^a   Jones, Sara ^a   Dillingham, Iain ^a   Dove, Graham ^a   Duffy, Alison ^a   Kachkaev, Alexander ^a   Slingsby, Aidan ^a   Wood, Jo ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity techniques; data visualization; energy consumption; smart home; user centered design

Indexed keywords

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS; CREATIVITY TECHNIQUES; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; ENERGY SUPPLIERS; SMART HOMES; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS; VISUALIZATION DESIGNS;

AUTOMATION; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84886696257     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2013.145     Document Type: Article

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