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AVOW diagrams are a novel representational system for electricity. This chapter describes how the representation comprehensively covers many aspects that are essential to the full conceptualisation of this domain. AVOW diagrams provide a relatively homogeneous characterisation of diverse electrical components and give a uniform analysis of the different modes of operation of simple and complex circuits. AVOW diagrams support the different perspectives that can be taken of electricity, including interpretation as formal abstract constraint-based laws, as concrete material attributes, and as causal relations. Examples are presented to illustrate the benefits of AVOW diagrams over the conventional algebraic characterisations. The practical limits of this diagrammatic representation are also discussed.
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Cheng, P.CH. (2002). AVOW Diagrams: A Novel Representational System for Understanding Electricity. In: Anderson, M., Meyer, B., Olivier, P. (eds) Diagrammatic Representation and Reasoning. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0109-3_29
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