Visual dimensions of modeling languages in interdisciplinary perspective

Author

Bobkowska, Anna E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Software Eng., Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 June 2013

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

427

Abstract

Usability of visual modeling languages depends on their visual notations. The visual notations can be viewed as a set of visual components which make specific effects on human´s eye and brain. This paper describes an interdisciplinary analysis made in order to enhance understanding of visual dimensions. It extracts visual dimensions from the theories of visual perception, data visualization and mental representations, and discusses their implications for visual notation of modeling languages. Additionally, it discusses the application of kansei engineering for integrating parameters of visual dimensions into notations which make desired impressions.

Keywords

data visualisation; simulation languages; visual languages; data visualization; human brain effects; human eye effects; interdisciplinary analysis; kansei engineering; mental representation; visual components; visual dimension extraction; visual modeling language usability; visual notations; visual perception; Brain models; Data visualization; Image color analysis; Information processing; Unified modeling language; Visualization; model; notation; quality of notations; usability of technology; visual dimensions; visual modeling languages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human System Interaction (HSI), 2013 The 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sopot

ISSN

2158-2246

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5635-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSI.2013.6577859

Filename

6577859