Providing Automatic Graphic Displays through Defaults.

Abstract

This paper addresses the problems in providing graphic displays automatically to serve a user naive with respect to computer graphic devices. It identifies the properties of data that affect graphic representation and presents a formalism in which to view them. It also discusses and illustrates the selection of various graphic formats based on the data to be represented, its properties, and graphic device characteristics. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093398

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  • Bonnie L. Webber
  • H. L. Morgan
  • N. I. Badler
  • Sakunthala Gananmgari

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Automatic
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Continuity
  • Data Displays
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Graphics
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Programming Languages
  • Schools
  • User Interface

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  • Computer science

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