Special issue introduction: Approaching spatial uncertainty visualization to support reasoning and decision making |
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| Authors: | Jennifer Smith Mason Alexander Klippel Susanne Bleisch Aidan Slingsby Stephanie Deitrick |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USAjms1186@psu.edu;3. Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA;4. Institute of Geomatics Engineering, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland;5. Department of Computer Science, City University London, London, UK;6. School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA |
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| Abstract: | While research on uncertainty and decision-making has a long history across several disciplines, recent technological developments compel researchers to rethink how to best address and advance the understanding of how humans reason and make decisions under spatial uncertainty. This introduction presents a visual summary graphic to provide an overview of each article in this special issue. Upon viewing these visual summaries, the reader will find that each of these articles covers different topics in the uncertainty visualization domain, offering complementary research in this field. Extending this body of research and finding new ways to explore how these visualizations may help or hinder the analytical and reasoning process of humans continues to be a necessary step towards designing more effective uncertainty visualizations to support reasoning and decision-making. |
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| Keywords: | decision-making reasoning uncertainty visualization |
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