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Title:
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EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION VISUALIZATION METHODS FOR DISASTERMANAGEMENT |
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Author(s):
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Khasfariyati Razikin , Dion Hoe-lian Goh , Alton Yeow-kuan Chua , Yew Yew Chua , Jane Yee Wong , Kin Jun Yang |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-39-3 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis, Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao (series editors:Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Information visualization, Disaster management, 2D visualization methods. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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170 |
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Last Page:
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174 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The analysis of information from past disasters can often provide insight to problems faced during a crisis. While
advancements in technology allows us to gather data during a disaster, there is a lack of tools that can help researchers
visualize and effectively analyze the data. On top of that, there is a necessity to identify suitable visualization methods for
this purpose. In this paper, Tree View, Radial Graph and Excel visualizations were evaluated with the aim of finding the
most useful and intuitive visualization. An information visualization system prototype called the Disaster InfoViz tool
was developed as a platform for this purpose. The findings of a user evaluation on the system showed that the Tree View
method was found to be the most effective visualization method for the analysis of disaster management information. |
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