ConVis: A visual text analytic system for exploring blog conversations

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-230

  Hoque, E ^a   Carenini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); H.5.2 Information Systems Information Interfaces and Presentation User Interfaces; I.2.7 Natural Language Processing : Text analysis Text analysis

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; DATA MINING; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; DESCRIPTORS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATIONS; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; TEXT ANALYSIS; TEXTUAL ANALYSIS; USER REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904411349     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cgf.12378     Document Type: Article

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