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Author:   Ray Paton ,  Irene Neilsen
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   Edition. ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781852330828

ISBN 10:   1852330821
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   12 February 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Introduction.- I. Neilson - A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Visual Representations and Interpretations.- THEME 1: VISUALISATION FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. A. Harrison - Realism and Representation: Pictures, Models and Theories. J.R. Lee - Words and Pictures - Goodman Revisited. R. Brown - Mathematics and Knots. P. Kent - A Visual, Computational Object Language for Mathematics. C.A. Lund and R.C. Paton - A Visual Metaphor for Psychoanalytic Training and Supervision. N. de Freitas - Geomentality: Reframing the Landscape. J. Hill and P. Wright - Graphically Representing Causal Sequences in Accident Scenarios: Just Some of the Issues. A. Antonacopoulos and F. Delporte - Automated Interpretation of Visual Representations: Extracting Textual Information from WWW Images.- THEME 2: THE VISUAL DIMENSION OF SCIENCE. R. Harri - Models and Type-hierarchies: Cognitive Foundations of Iconic Thinking. A. Ione - Defining Visual Representation as a Creative and Interactive Modality. R.F. Hendry - Theories and Models: the Interactive View. D.L. Cooper - Visual Representations and Interpretations of Molecular Electronic Structure: The Survival and Re-emergence of Valence Bond Theory. J.H. Parish - The Language of Proteins. D.S Goodsell - Atomistic vs Continuous Representations in Molecular Biology. V.N. Serov, O.V. Kirillova and M.G. Samsonova - NetWork: a Tool for Visualization of Genetic Network Structure and Dynamics.- THEME 3: ARTICULATING THE DESIGN PROCESS. G. Malcolm and J.A. Goguen - Signs and Representations: Semiotics for User Interface Design. M. Treglown - Is the Trashcan Being Ironic? Analysing Direct Manipulation User Interfaces Using a Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. D. England - Visualisation of Data Landscapes for Collaborative Virtual Environments. S.J. Sloane - Interpreting Computer-Based Fictional Characters, a Reader's Manifesto: Or Remarks in Favour of the Accommodating Text. C.F. Earl - The Boundaries of a Shape and the Shape of Boundaries. H. Carlisle, P. Phillips and G. Bunce - Breaking the Monotony: Using Randomisation Techniques in Computer-Aided Textile Design. T. Fernando, P. Wimalaratne and K. Tan - Virtual World Representation Issues for supporting Assembly and Maintainability Assessment Tasks. P.J. Stappers and J.M. Hennessey - Toward Electronic Napkins and Beermats: Computer Support for Visual Ideation Skills. J. Mcfadzean - Computational Support for Conceptual Sketching: Analysis and Interpretation of the Graphical Notation of Visual Representations. C. Tweed - Learning to See Architecturally.- THEME 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES. A.E. Welchman and J.M. Harris - Studying oles'to Understand Visual Representation. T. Marsh and P. Wright - Articulation of Spatial Information: 3D Shapes. R. Kovordanyi - Mental Image Reinterpretation in the Intersection of Conceptual and Visual Constraints. T. Schubert, F. Friedmann and H. Regenbrecht - Embodied Presence in Virtual Environments. C. Dormann - A Taxonomy of Visual Metaphors. B.C. Buckley and C.J. Boulter - Analysis of Representations in Model-Based Teaching and Learning in Science. S.R. Edwards - From Gutenberg to Gates: the Creation of the Photographic Negative, the Consequent Evolution of a Visual Language, and its Impact on the Way Societies Represent and Read Their Worlds. D. K. Manley - Theatricality and Levels of Believabilty in Graphical Virtual Environments. H. Clapin - Visual Representation and Taxonomy. M.A.R Biggs - Interpreting Wittgenstein's Graphics.- THEME 5: VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND COMPUTATIONAL PROCESSES. M. A. Beaumont,D. Jackson and M. Usher - Visualising Complex Sequential and Parallel Programs. P. Young and M. Munro - 3D Software Visualisation. D.S. Neary and M.R. Woodward - Visualisation of the OBJ Term Re-writing Process. C.N.Yap and M. Holcombe - A Visual Representation of Mathematical Expressions. A.G.P. Brown, F.P. Coenen and M.W. Knight - Visualisat

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