A Guide to Visual Multi-Level Interface Design From Synthesis of Empirical Study Evidence

Displaying multiple levels of data visually has been proposed to address the challenge of limited screen space. Although many previous empirical studies have addressed different aspects of this question, the information visualization research community does not currently have a clearly articulated c...

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Main Authors: Lam, Heidi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Munzner, Tamara (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Synthesis Lectures on Visualization,
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