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DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
From Diagrams to Models by Analogical Transfer
Abstract. We present a method for constructing a teleological model of a drawing of a physical device through analogical transfer of the teleological model of the same device in an...
Patrick W. Yaner, Ashok K. Goel
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Exploring the Effect of Animation and Progressive Revealing on Diagrammatic Problem Solving
We conducted eye-tracking studies of subjects solving the problem of finding shortest paths in a graph using a known procedure (Dijkstra's algorithm). The goal of these studie...
Daesub Yoon, N. Hari Narayanan, SooCheol Lee, Oh-C...
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Graph Comprehension: Making the Case for Spatial Cognition
We argue that a comprehensive model of graph comprehension must include spatial cognition. We propose that current models of graph comprehension have not needed to incorporate spat...
Susan Bell Trickett, J. Gregory Trafton
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Evaluation of ERST - An External Representation Selection Tutor
This paper describes the evaluation of ERST, an adaptive system which is designed to improve its users' external representation (ER) selection accuracy on a range of database ...
Beate Grawemeyer
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Flow Diagrams: Rise and Fall of the First Software Engineering Notation
Drawings of water are the earliest, least abstract forms of flow diagram. Representations of ideal or generalised sequences for manufacturing or actual paths for materials between ...
Stephen J. Morris, O. C. Z. Gotel
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Communicative Signals as the Key to Automated Understanding of Simple Bar Charts
This paper discusses the types of communicative signals that frequently appear in simple bar charts and how we exploit them as evidence in our system for inferring the intended mes...
Stephanie Elzer, Sandra Carberry, Seniz Demir
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Canonical Correlation Analysis: Use of Composite Heliographs for Representing Multiple Patterns
In a study of crew interaction with the automatic flight control system of the Boeing 757/767 aircraft, we observed 60 flights and recorded every change in the aircraft control mo...
Asaf Degani, Michael G. Shafto, Leonard Olson
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Fixing Shin's Reading Algorithm for Peirce's Existential Graphs
In her book "The Iconic Logic of Peirce's Graphs", S. J. Shin elaborates the diagrammatic logic of Peirce's Existential Graphs. Particularly, she provides trans...
Frithjof Dau
DIAGRAMS
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Topological Relations of Arrow Symbols in Complex Diagrams
Illustrating a dynamic process with an arrow-containing diagram is a widespread convention in people's daily communications. In order to build a basis for capturing the struct...
Yohei Kurata, Max J. Egenhofer