A useful tool for data scanning in executive information systems: Schematic faces

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 644-649

  De Vries, Peter ^a   Mulig, Elizabeth V ^b   Lowery, Kristie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b Columbus State University Columbus ^*  (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Decision support systems; Information systems

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISPLAY DEVICES; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS;

DATA SCANNING; DECISION TIME; EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EIS); MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 9144261769     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570410561627     Document Type: Article

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