Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

1. Front Matter

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2. Keynote Reflections

   1. Heterogeneous Reasoning

      • John Etchemendy

      Pages 1-1

   2. Rich Data Representation: Sophisticated Visual Techniques for Ease and Clarity

      • W. Bradford Paley

      Pages 2-3

   3. Model Driven Development with Mechatronic UML

      • Wilhelm Schäfer

      Pages 4-4

3. Tutorials

   1. Cognitive Dimensions of Notations: Understanding the Ergonomics of Diagram Use

      • Alan F. Blackwell

      Pages 5-8

   2. Getting Started with Sketch Tools

      • Beryl Plimmer, Tracy Hammond

      Pages 9-12

4. Diagram Aesthetics and Layout

   1. General Euler Diagram Generation

      • Peter Rodgers, Leishi Zhang, Andrew Fish

      Pages 13-27

   2. Euler Diagram Decomposition

      • Andrew Fish, Jean Flower

      Pages 28-44

   3. Smooth Linear Approximation of Non-overlap Constraints

      • Graeme Gange, Kim Marriott, Peter J. Stuckey

      Pages 45-59

   4. Extremes Are Better: Investigating Mental Map Preservation in Dynamic Graphs

      • Helen C. Purchase, Amanjit Samra

      Pages 60-73

5. Psychological and Cognitive Issues

   1. An Eye-Tracking Study of Exploitations of Spatial Constraints in Diagrammatic Reasoning

      • Atsushi Shimojima, Yasuhiro Katagiri

      Pages 74-88

   2. What Diagrams Reveal about Representations in Linear Reasoning, and How They Help

      • Krista E. DeLeeuw, Mary Hegarty

      Pages 89-102

   3. What Can Pictorial Representations Reveal about the Cognitive Characteristics of Autism?

      • Maithilee Kunda, Ashok Goel

      Pages 103-117

   4. Visual Thinking with an Interactive Diagram

      • Colin Ware, Anne T. Gilman, Robert J. Bobrow

      Pages 118-126

6. Applications of Diagrams

   1. Strategy Roadmaps: New Forms, New Practices

      • Alan F. Blackwell, Rob Phaal, Martin Eppler, Nathan Crilly

      Pages 127-140

   2. VAST Improvements to Diagrammatic Scheduling Using Representational Epistemic Interface Design

      • David Ranson, Peter C. -H. Cheng

      Pages 141-155

   3. Enhancing State-Space Tree Diagrams for Collaborative Problem Solving

      • Steven L. Tanimoto

      Pages 156-164

   4. Visual Programming with Interaction Nets

      • Abubakar Hassan, Ian Mackie, Jorge Sousa Pinto

      Pages 165-171

7. Theoretical Aspects

   1. Spider Diagrams of Order and a Hierarchy of Star-Free Regular Languages

      • Aidan Delaney, John Taylor, Simon Thompson

      Pages 172-187

   2. Diagrammatic Reasoning System with Euler Circles: Theory and Experiment Design

      • Koji Mineshima, Mitsuhiro Okada, Yuri Sato, Ryo Takemura

      Pages 188-205

Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent technological advances have enabled the large-scale adoption of d- grams in a diverse range of areas. Increasingly sophisticated visual represen- tions are emerging and, to enable e?ective communication, insight is required into how diagrams are used and when they are appropriate for use. The per- sive, everyday use of diagrams for communicating information and ideas serves to illustrate the importance of providing a sound understanding of the role that diagrams can, and do, play. Research in the ?eld of diagrams aims to improve our understanding of the role of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations in communication, computation, cognition, creative thought, and problem solving. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrams. The study of diagrammatic communication as a whole must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour.Diagrams 2008 was the ?fth event in this conf- ence series, which was launched in Edinburghduring September 2000.Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related ?elds, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams is the only conference that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, - ti?cial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphicdesign,historyofscience,human-computerinteraction,linguistics,logic, mathematics,philosophy,psychology,andsoftwaremodelling.Weseeissuesfrom all of these ?elds discussed in the papers collected in the present volume.

• AES
• Design
• Evolution
• Eye-Tracking
• agents
• animated diagrams
• bivalence
• cognition
• complementation
• complex processes
• concept map
• conceptual modeling
• diagram semantics
• ergonomics
• knowledge

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