rew@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Warren) (10/09/89)
In article <8726@spool.cs.wisc.edu>, news@spool.cs.wisc.edu (The News) writes: > procedural and quantitative (including equations) information. A > review article or book would be best to get me started. > I'll summarize should others be interested. I only got a garbled version of your message, but two good places to start looking to information on the visual presentation of quantitative information are: Tufte, E.R. The visual display of quantitative information, 1983 Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT. Cleveland, W. S. The elements of graphing data, 1985 Wadsworth, Monterey, CA. I've done a few experiments on this topic myself. If you are interested in specific (rather than review) articles, I would be glad to send them to you. Bob Warren cbnea!rew AT&T Bell Labs, Room 3E-245 6200 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43232
neves@ai.cs.wisc.edu (David M. Neves) (10/10/89)
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I am the original poster and I see that I wasn't sufficiently clear
enough so let me restate what I am looking for.
I am interested in the literature on visually representing various
forms of information for ease of learning and better recall.
Such as:
equations: miles/gallons for mileage or
miles/hours for rate
(x + y)/.4z (more complex)
i.e. How can these equations be represented as pictures?
hierarchies: (besides the obvious visual trees)
procedures: (besides the obvious flow diagram)
I would guess some of this information would be in math education,
psychology, and human-computer interaction/human factors. I'd like
some pointers to get me started.
Institute for the Learning Sciences, 1890 Maple St., Evanston, Il. 60201
(312) 491-7178spf@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) (10/10/89)
From article <8726@spool.cs.wisc.edu>, by news@spool.cs.wisc.edu (The News): > procedural and quantitative (including equations) information. A > review article or book would be best to get me started. > I'll summarize should others be interested. > -Thanks, David Check out: Tufte, E. R. (1983). "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information." Cheshire: Graphics Press. Everott. N/ S/ (1978). "Graphical Techniques for Multivariate Data." New York: North-Holland. Good luck! Steve Frysinger
craig@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Craig Hubley) (10/14/89)
I didn't see the original poster, and it's from his/her university,
so it might have been mentioned already, but:
J. Bertin, "Semiology of Graphics", The U of Wisconsin Press, 1983,
translated by William J. Berg.
This French text is one of the most important references. The translation
can be hard to read, but the pictorial material makes it understandable.
Someone has already used this to build a presentation engine:
"Applying a Theory of Graphical Presentation to the Graphic Design
of User Interfaces", Jock MacKinlay, Xerox PARC, in Proceedings of
the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on User Interface Software (UIST'88),
Banff, Alberta, Canada, Octobe 17-19, 1988.
Craig Hubley
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{allegra,bnr-vpa,decvax,mnetor!utcsri}!utgpu!craig craig@utorgpu.bitnetperlman@capybara.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Perlman) (10/16/89)
Among technical texts, Tufte's is one of my favorites. After reading it,
I had learned how in individual cases, gifted individuals in a
flash of insight, created some of the best graphics of all time.
There were few generalities that I could use, although I often try to
minimize the ink-to-data ratio.
A paper that might be of some use is:
An Axiomatic Model of Information Presentation
Gary Perlman
Proceedings of the Human Factors Society - 31st Annual Meeting, 1987, 1229-1233
Abstract:
The goal of information layout is to physically display
information to reinforce the underlying structure of the
information. In this paper, I describe an axiomatic model of
information layout. The model has three levels: (1) a
device-independent representation for structured information,
(2) a set of axioms (or rules) relating information structure
with display attributes, (3) a set of device dependent
display attributes used to distinguish differences and show
similarities in information structure. The model infers,
using logical deductions from its axioms, how display
attributes should be used to show the structure of
information. A prototype software system exists that allows
interactive design and evaluation of screen layouts. Future
research is planned to develop an expert system to aid in the
automatic design of layouts, and to refine the prototype into
a usable system.
I am actually working on the future research now. As usual, you can request
a reprint from me.
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