Diagrammatic Representation and Reasoning PDF
Edited by Michael Anderson, Bernd Meyer, Patrick Olivier
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Diagrams are essential in most fields of human activity.
There is substan- tial interest in diagrams and their use in many academic disciplines for the potential benefits they may confer on a wide range of tasks.
Are we now in a position to claim that we have a science of diagrams-that is, a science which takes the nature of diagrams and their use as the central phenom- ena of interest?
If we have a science of diagrams it is certainly constituted from multiple disciplines, including cognitive science, psychology, artificial intelligence, logic, mathematics, and others.
If there is a science of diagrams, then like other sciences there is an appli- cations, or engineering, discipline that exists alongside the science.
Applica- tions and engineering provide tests of the theories and principles discovered by the science and extend the scope of the phenomena to be studied by gen- erating new uses of diagrams, new media for presenting diagrams, or novel classes of diagram.
This applications and engineering side of the science of di- agrams also comprises multiple disciplines, including education, architecture, computer science, mathematics, human-computer interaction, knowledge ac- quisition, graphic design, engineering, history of science, statistics, medicine, biology, and others.
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- Publisher:Springer London
- Publication Date:27/06/2011
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Download - Immediately Available
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- ISBN:9781447101093
