DataViews: A Personalizable, Interactive, Data Display System for the Decisionmaker

Abstract

The development of a highly interactive, personal data exploration system (DataViews) is described. The system started as a subroutine library for creating dynamic graphs of data. Using a menu specification system, an interface was developed. This interface evolved thru three versions with the help of user feedback, advice from human-factor experts, and our own experiments, into an easy to use and powerful system. In addition, an experiment was devised to demonstrate the value of the system as a tool for human-factors experimentation. In that experiment, we used the system to compare three data-display techniques (analog coding, digital coding, and pictorial encoding) in conjunction with redundant color coding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188509

Entities

People

  • Alan C. Morse
  • Elizabeth Kohler
  • Jefferson Koonce
  • Nancy Tanner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Classification
  • Coding
  • Color Coding
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Displays
  • Digital Data
  • Display Systems
  • Industrial Psychology
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Psychology
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.