Paths to thought characterization-examination of user-defined graphic predictors

Author

Pride, Douglas E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geol. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

4-7 Jan. 2000

Abstract

The SearchMap software encourages users to incorporate experience and intuition into decisions that involve multiple layers of map information. Users define search configurations, search distances, and interlayer weights, and they "learn" from visual images, iterating search parameters until satisfied with the result. Successive sets of parameters record the thought paths of the user. In a gold exploration example, the thinking of an expert evolves to emphasize rock type, the presence of faulting, and occurrences of silver to locate gold deposits; de-emphasizing topography and the presence of arsenic as guides to ore. Correlating thought paths with brain function awaits expert input.

Keywords

decision support systems; expert systems; geographic information systems; SearchMap software; arsenic; brain function; expert input; faulting; gold exploration; interlayer weights; search configurations; search distances; thought characterization; user-defined graphic predictors; Geographic Information Systems; Geology; Gold; Graphics; Information filtering; Information filters; Minerals; Packaging; Surfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2000. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0493-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2000.926654

Filename

926654