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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 9781)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

Conference series link(s): Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams

Conference proceedings info: Diagrams 2016.

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
  2. Cognitive Aspects of Diagrams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Diagrams Affect Choice of Strategy in Probability Problem Solving

      • Chenmu Xing, James E. Corter, Doris Zahner
      Pages 3-16
    3. What Constitutes an Effective Representation?

      • Peter C-H. Cheng
      Pages 17-31
    4. Measuring User Comprehension of Inference Rules in Euler Diagrams

      • Sven Linker, Jim Burton, Andrew Blake
      Pages 32-39Open Access
    5. Exploring Representations of Student Time-Use

      • Amy Rae Fox, Erica de Vries, Laurent Lima, Savannah Loker
      Pages 40-47
  3. Logic and Diagrams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Evaluating Diagrammatic Patterns for Ontology Engineering

      • Eisa Alharbi, John Howse, Gem Stapleton, Ali Hamie
      Pages 51-66
  4. Euler and Venn Diagrams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Minimizing Clutter Using Absence in Venn-\(\text {i}^\text {e}\)

      • Jim Burton, Mihir Chakraborty, Lopamudra Choudhury, Gem Stapleton
      Pages 107-122Open Access
  5. Design Principles for Diagrams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International
Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016,
held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, in August 2016.


The 12 revised full papers and 11 short papers presented together with 5 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: cognitive aspects of diagrams; logic and diagrams; Euler and Venn diagrams; diagrams and education; design principles for diagrams; diagrams layout.


Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Cambridge , Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Mateja Jamnik

  • The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan

    Yuri Uesaka

  • Millersville University , Millersville, USA

    Stephanie Elzer Schwartz

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