The proposed focus of this chapter is to discuss the design and evaluation of interactive Information Visualization (InfoVis) tools. The approach we take is based on our view of users’ interaction within the context of InfoVis as an experience. As a result of this we propose a user centered approach to the design and evaluation of InfoVis tools, which is a common practice in HCI but not in the ...

OBJECTIVE To characterize and quantify barriers towards the publication of academic drug trials. STUDY DESIGN We identified academic drug trials approved during a 3-year period (2004-2007) by the Danish Medicines Agency. We conducted a survey among the trial sponsors to describe the rates of initiation, completion, and publication, and the reasons for the failure to reach each of these milest...

The statements and conclusions in this report are offered for information and stimulation of discussion only and do not necessarily represent the views of the US Government or the Office of Naval Research. Executive Summary The objective of this study was to assess research and applications in electro-mechanical product design in Europe. Design is a high-leverage activity that can dramatically ...

In this paper we present a novel approach for defining hypermedia applications as navigational views of an object-oriented hypermedia schwma. We briefly describe OOHDM (Object-Oriented Hypermedia Design Model) using an academic information system as a concrete example to illustrate each modeling construct. We further analyze the whole process of hypermedia applications building focusing mainly ...

Optimally designing radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatments to increase the likelihood of a successful recovery from cancer is an important application of operations research. Researchers have been hindered by the lack of academic software that supports head-to-head comparisons of different techniques, and this article addresses the inherent difficulties of designing and implementing an academ...