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Title | ||
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Task Cube: A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Space Of User Tasks In Visualization Design And Evaluation |
Abstract | ||
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User tasks play a pivotal role in visualization design and evaluation. However, the term task' is used ambiguously within the visualization community. In this article, we critically analyze the relevant literature and systematically compare definitions of task' and the usage of related terminology. In doing so, we identify a three-dimensional conceptual space of user tasks in visualization, referred to as the task cube, and the more precise concepts objective' and action' for tasks. We illustrate the usage of the task cube's dimensions in an objective-driven visualization process, in different scenarios of visualization design and evaluation, and for comparing categorizations of abstract tasks. Thus, visualization researchers can better formulate their contributions which helps advance visualization as a whole. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2016 | 10.1177/1473871615621602 | INFORMATION VISUALIZATION |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Action, design guidelines, interaction, objective, task frameworks, terminology, visualization theory | Information visualization,Terminology,Computer science,Simulation,Visualization,Visual analytics,Conceptual space,Human–computer interaction,Cube | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
15 | 4 | 1473-8716 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
13 | 0.53 | 40 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Rind | 1 | 187 | 14.75 |
| wolfgang aigner | 2 | 842 | 51.72 |
| Markus Wagner | 3 | 20 | 5.06 |
| Silvia Miksch | 4 | 2212 | 174.85 |
| Tim Lammarsch | 5 | 132 | 10.06 |