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Interaction, Cognition and Visualization

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Book cover Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems ’95

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Abstract

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines the word ‘visualize’ as:

  • to form a mental vision, image, picture of;

  • to construct a visual image in the mind.

and ‘visualization’ as:

  • the action, fact or power of visualizing: a picture formed by visualizing.

In the Oxford English Dictionary (1990) visualization is “... forming a mental picture of something not visible or present, or of an abstract thing ...”.

This paper gives the background to the recent upsurge of interest in scientific visualization and describes some of the work to develop a framework for understanding visualization. Some consideration is given to issues of truthfulness in visualization both in the relationship between the data set and the display and the mapping from display to cognition. The paper describes some recent work in rule-based vizualization and the automatic generation of graphical presentations, and concludes with a brief discussion on recent work that may provide a theoretical basis for understanding the effectiveness and veracity of such approaches.

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  1. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK

    D. A. Duce

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    D. J. Duke

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Duce, D.A., Duke, D.J. (1995). Interaction, Cognition and Visualization. In: Palanque, P., Bastide, R. (eds) Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems ’95. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9437-9_1

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