The Effect of Uncertainty Visualizations on Decision Making in Weather Forecasting

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-47

  Nadav Greenberg, Limor ^a   Joslyn, Susan L ^a   Taing, Meng U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84993811986     PISSN: 15553434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/155534308X284354     Document Type: Article

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