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CHI
1993
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Using icons to find documents: simplicity is critical
A common task at almost any computer interface is that of searchingfordocuments,whichGUIstypicallyrepresentwith icons. Oddly, little research has been done on the processes underl...
Michael D. Byrne
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Desperately seeking simplicity: how young adults with cognitive disabilities and their families adopt assistive technologies
A surprisingly high percentage of assistive technology devices (35% or more) are purchased, but not successfully adopted. Through semi-structured interviews with a dozen families,...
Melissa Dawe
GISCIENCE
2010
Springer
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13 years 6 months ago
Cognitive Invariants of Geographic Event Conceptualization: What Matters and What Refines?
Behavioral experiments addressing the conceptualization of geographic events are few and far between. Our research seeks to address this deficiency by developing an experimental fr...
Alexander Klippel, Rui Li, Frank Hardisty, Chris W...
ICDAR
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Keyword Spotting in Document Images through Word Shape Coding
With large databases of document images available, a method for users to find keywords in documents will be useful. One approach is to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) ...
Shuyong Bai, Linlin Li, Chew Lim Tan
JCISE
2002
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13 years 4 months ago
Modeling Information Needs in Engineering Databases Using Tacit Knowledge
Online resources of engineering design information are a critical resource for practicing engineers. These online resources often contain references and content associated with te...
Shuang Song, Andy Dong, Alice M. Agogino