DocumentCode
3041846
Title
Visualization of Knowledge Structures
Author
Xia Lin ; Yen Bui ; Dongming Zhang
Author_Institution
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia
fYear
2007
fDate
4-6 July 2007
Firstpage
476
Lastpage
484
Abstract
In this article, visual concept explorer (VCE), a concept mapping tool, is introduced and its design principles are described. VCE creates dynamic concept maps for the user and facilitates user´s visual interaction to concepts and documents. Its central idea is to make implicit knowledge structures explicit. As an example of practical knowledge mapping application, VCE has characteristics of both information visualization and knowledge visualization.
Keywords
data visualisation; knowledge engineering; VCE concept mapping tool; information visualization; knowledge structure visualization; visual concept explorer; visual interaction; Cognition; Collaboration; Computer graphics; Data mining; Data visualization; Educational institutions; Home computing; Information science; Libraries; Software tools;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Visualization, 2007. IV '07. 11th International Conference
Conference_Location
Zurich
ISSN
1550-6037
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2900-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IV.2007.132
Filename
4272024
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