Title :
Visualization of Knowledge Structures
Author :
Xia Lin ; Yen Bui ; Dongming Zhang
Author_Institution :
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualization, 2007. IV '07. 11th International Conference
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2900-3
DOI :
10.1109/IV.2007.132
