Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.
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| author | Stewart, Robin S. (Robin Scott) |
| author2 | David R. Karger and M.C. Schraefel. |
| author_facet | David R. Karger and M.C. Schraefel. Stewart, Robin S. (Robin Scott) |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/449082019-04-12T09:55:38Z Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams Stewart, Robin S. (Robin Scott) David R. Karger and M.C. Schraefel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-73). Modern chart-making, illustration, and mathematical tools poorly support the use of conceptual components in quantitative graphs such as Economics diagrams. The substantial time those tools require to achieve the desired results leads many people to sketch their graphs with pencil and paper instead of using a computer. In this thesis, I address the challenge of designing a software user interface that not only includes all features necessary to create a wide range of quantitative conceptual diagrams, but also is dramatically more efficient to use than existing programs. My design takes several important interaction techniques that previous applications used separately and comprehensively integrates them in order to create new, flexible capabilities. I have implemented this design as a desktop application called Graph Sketcher, and I present results of studies which show that my interface halves the time required to complete several common graph creation tasks. I also show that the 700 students, teachers, professionals, and hobbyists worldwide who choose to use Graph Sketcher in their everyday work nd the interface intuitive, enjoyable, and empowering for generating many different types of graphs. by Robin S. Stewart. S.M. 2009-03-20T19:31:07Z 2009-03-20T19:31:07Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44908 298124299 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 73 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Stewart, Robin S. (Robin Scott) Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams |
| title | Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams |
| title_full | Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams |
| title_fullStr | Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams |
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| title_short | Interfaces for creating quantitative conceptual diagrams |
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| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
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