Uncovering strengths and weaknesses of radial visualizations--an empirical approach

Radial visualizations play an important role in the information visualization community. But the decision to choose a radial coordinate system is rather based on intuition than on scientific foundations. The empirical approach presented in this paper aims at uncovering strengths and weaknesses of ra...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 16(2010), 6 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 935-42
1. Verfasser: Diehl, Stephan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Beck, Fabian, Burch, Michael
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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