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The cost-of-knowledge characteristic function: display evaluation for direct-walk dynamic information visualizations

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Stuart K. Card,

Peter Pirolli,

Jock D. MackinlayAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '94: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 238 - 244

https://doi.org/10.1145/191666.191753

Published: 24 April 1994 Publication History

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The cost-of-knowledge characteristic function: display evaluation for direct-walk dynamic information visualizations
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Image and video acquisition
        3D imaging
  2. Computer graphics
    1. Animation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods

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DOI:10.1145/191666

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