The effect of relationship encoding, task type, and complexity on information representation: An empirical evaluation of 2D and 3D line graphs

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-282

  Kumar, Nanda ^a   Benbasat, Izak ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D graphics; Computer graphics; Human information processing; Information characteristics; Information presentation; Information processing; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION; HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; INFORMATION PRESENTATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 9744279751     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148635     Document Type: Article

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