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A study of how a concept for representing order of magnitude aids comprhension of the decibel scale. decibel scale pdf
"Message Overload from the Inbox to Intelligence Analysis: How Spam and Blogs Point to New Tools," David Tinapple and David Woods; to appear in the Proceeding of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, October, 2003.
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Conference paper on an interactive representation of order of magnitude. concept pdf See a demonstration in terms of the richter scale richter scale squidgy mov
Woods, D.D., Patterson, E.S., and Roth, E.M. (2002). Can we ever escape from data overload? A cognitive systems diagnosis. Cognition, Technology, and Work, 4(1): 22-36. diagnosis pdf
The title says it all.
Applying principles for escape from data overload to technical communication and collaboration -- e.g., "navigation mechanisms should be a model of the topic being navigated (Woods, 1997)"
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Scaled world simulation study of professional analysts under data overload.
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Produced a variety of design concepts that can seed new support systems. design concepts
Using CTA to Seed Design Concepts for Intelligence Analysts under Data Overload, Multi-media production. design concepts
The design concepts innovated based on studies of inferential analysis.