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Collection understanding

Authors:

Michelle Chang,

John J. Leggett,

Richard Furuta,

J. Patrick Williams,

Samuel A. Burns,

Randolph G. BiasAuthors Info & Claims

JCDL '04: Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

Pages 334 - 342

https://doi.org/10.1145/996350.996426

Published: 07 June 2004 Publication History

Abstract

Collection understanding shifts the traditional focus of retrieval in large collections from locating specific artifacts to gaining a comprehensive view of the collection. Visualization tools are critical to the process of efficient collection understanding By presenting simple visual interfaces and intuitive methods of interacting with a collection, users come to understand the essence of the collection by focusing on the artifacts. This paper discusses a practical approach for enhancing collection understanding in image collections.

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