The Distance-Similarity Metaphor in Region-Display Spatializations

Authors:
Sara Irina Fabrikant;Daniel R. Montello;David M. Mark
Affiliations:
University of Zurich;University of California at Santa Barbara;University at Buffalo, SUNY
Venue:
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Region-display spatializations represent documents metaphorically as points within regions. Semantic interrelatedness is expressed by some combination of interpoint distance and region membership. In two experiments, the authors investigate judgments of document similarity as a function of these variables. Distance matters, but region membership largely determines judged similarity; hue further modifies it.