Dynamic queries for information exploration: an implementation and evaluation
CHI '92 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CHI '94 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CHI '95 Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Exploratory cartographic visualization: advancing the agenda
Computers & Geosciences - Special issue on exploratory cartographic visualization
Exploring spatial data representation with dynamic graphics
Computers & Geosciences - Special issue on exploratory cartographic visualization
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The New Science of Management Decision
The New Science of Management Decision
Dynamic Graphics for Statistics
Dynamic Graphics for Statistics
On Encouraging Multiple Views for Visualisation
IV '98 Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation
Interactive data visualization using focusing and linking
VIS '91 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Visualization '91
Interactive visual tools to explore spatio-temporal variation
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
An empirical evaluation of interactive visualizations for preferential choice
AVI '08 Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
A geographic visualization approach to multi-criteria evaluation of urban quality of life
International Journal of Geographical Information Science - Geovisual Analytics for Spatial Decision Support
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Effectiveness of collaborative map-based decision support tools: Results of an experiment
Environmental Modelling & Software
Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on MapInteraction
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According to a commonly accepted view, the process of decision making comprises three major phases: intelligence (situation analysis and problem recognition), design (finding possible variants of problem solution), and choice (evaluation of the options and selection of the most appropriate ones). It is widely recognised that exploratory data visualisation is very helpful during the first phase of the decision-making process, while the other phases require different software tools. In particular, the choice phase is typically supported by various computational methods that find appropriate trade-offs among multiple conflicting criteria taking into account user-specified priorities. Visualisation plays a limited role: in the best case, it is used to represent the final results of the computations. We argue that conscious, well-substantiated choice requires a more extensive use of exploratory visualisation facilities, which need to be properly coordinated with the computational multicriteria decision support methods. Extremely important is a high degree of user interactivity, which allows the user to probe the robustness and quality of computationally derived solutions. We suggest several mechanisms for linking and coordinating visual exploratory tools with two types of computational methods differing in the sort of output they produce. We demonstrate the use of this dynamic link with an example of a real spatially related decision problem.