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Preface |
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Section I Visual Languages Theory |
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The Theory of Visual Sentences to Formalize Interactive Visual Messages |
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Maria Francesca Costabile |
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Visual and Diagrammatic Languages: The Logic Perspective |
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22 | (29) |
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A Transformation-Based Metamodel Approach to the Definition of Syntax and Semantics of Diagrammatic Languages |
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51 | (23) |
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Meta-Modelling and Graph Transformation for the Definition of Multi-View Visual Languages |
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74 | (28) |
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Extended Positional Grammars: A Formalism for Describing and Parsing Visual Languages |
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102 | (15) |
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Visual Notation Interpretation and Ambiguities |
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117 | (12) |
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The Management of Ambiguities |
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129 | (13) |
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Section II Approaches and Methods for Specific Domains |
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Visual Query Languages, Representation Techniques, and Data Models |
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142 | (16) |
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Toward a Visual Query System for Spatio-Temporal Databases |
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158 | (16) |
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Claudio de Souza Baptista |
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Multi-Facet Design of Interactive Systems through Visual Languages |
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174 | (31) |
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Loredana Parasiliti Provenza |
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Designing a Visual Language for Interaction Representation Based on Aspects of Human Movement |
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205 | (27) |
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Sketch Understanding: Issues and State of the Art |
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232 | (15) |
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Section III Visual Languages for the Semantic Web |
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User Interface Formalization in Visual Data Mining |
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247 | (26) |
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Visual Development of Defeasible Logic Rules for the Semantic Web |
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273 | (29) |
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A Visual Programming Tool for Designing Planning Problems for Semantic Web Service Composition |
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302 | (26) |
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Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos |
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Section IV Visual Interfaces for Standard Languages |
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User Interaction and Interface Design with UML |
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328 | (29) |
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Jesus M. Almendros-Jimenez |
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XQBE: A Visual Language for XML Data Management |
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357 | (32) |
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Section V Visualization, Aesthetic Computing, and Usability |
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GeoVisualization and GIS: A Human Centered Approach |
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389 | (18) |
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A New Constraint-Based Compound Graph Layout Algorithm for Drawing Biochemical Networks |
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407 | (18) |
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Customized Visual Computing: The Aesthetic Computing Method |
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425 | (11) |
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Documentation Methods for Visual Languages |
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436 | (19) |
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455 | (13) |
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Compilation of References |
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468 | (34) |
About the Contributors |
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Index |
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