Comparing Uncertainty Visualizations for a Dynamic Decision-Making Task

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-293

  Bisantz, Ann M ^a   Cao, Dapeng ^a   Jenkins, Michael ^a   Pennathur, Priyadarshini R ^a   Farry, Michael ^b   Roth, Emilie ^c   Potter, Scott S ^b   Pfautz, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS   (United States)

^c Roth Cognitive Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; displays; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993737886     PISSN: 15553434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555343411415793     Document Type: Article

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