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This paper addresses the problem of automatically generating displays from conceptual graphs for visualization of the knowledge contained in them. Automatic display generation is important in validating the graphs and for communicating the knowledge they contain. Displays may be classified as literal, schematic, or pictorial, and also as static versus dynamic. At this time prototype software has been developed to generate static schematic displays of graphs representing knowledge of digital systems. The prototype software generates displays in two steps, by first joining basis displays associated with basis graphs from which the graph to be displayed is synthesized, and then assigning screen coordinates to the display elements. Other strategies for mapping conceptual graphs to schematic displays are also discussed.
This work was supported in part by Semiconductor Research Corporation contract 91-DJ-230, Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology Grant INF-92-005, and National Science Foundation Grant MIP-9120620.
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Cyre, W.R., Balachandar, S., Thakar, A. (1994). Knowledge visualization from conceptual structures. In: Tepfenhart, W.M., Dick, J.P., Sowa, J.F. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Current Practices. ICCS 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 835. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58328-9_18
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