Visualization and the Process of Modeling: A Conceptual Approach

随着计算机图形学与建模软件的集成，华莱士可视化正在成为建模的一个越来越重要的部分。此外，技术的进步使迅速增长的普通人口有可能成为模型师，例如通过使用电子表格软件。提出的研究是基于我们之前的实验工作，我们关于可视化在建模中的作用的理论，以及关于可视化和认知科学的文献。我们选择了一个对建模过程和我们对建模过程的理解至关重要的组件作为可视化的目标：用于构建模型的启发式方法。为了评估我们的理论，我们打算为两种不同类型的建模任务构建可视化系统，一个在物理领域，另一个在抽象领域。第一个实验将使用WHERE NEXT启发式可视化系统在地下水建模的物理领域进行。第二个实验将在应用于消费信贷的机器学习的物理抽象领域进行。作为我们实验的一部分，我们将为每个问题域构建一个“建模师助手”。研究的贡献在于更好地理解建模过程和可视化在这一过程中的作用，并将可视化技术融入到建模过程中，以便利用计算机图形技术的进步。╣？┤？╣？┤元？▓？┐%元╣┤╣？│╣║%╣/╝`╣/元┐╝？/╝元╣│╣║/元？┴╣%%│？？╝？_/┴╣┤？╝/？/│/┤？？╣│/╝？？╣│%┐┤╣？？│？？_╣│？║？%╣元╣│/%？│╣？│？/元？╝？║？%？`/┤_╣╣？元╝/元╣└？│╣？│？/┤%/┴？/┤┤╣元╣？║╝/│元╣元╣？？╝？╝？_▓？元？？元？/┤╣//┤？└？╝？？┴╣%%▓？╣└？%└？┤/？║╝？╝？│？/元？╝？/┤┤╣？│┐？/元

Wallace Visualization is becoming an increasingly important part of modeling as a result of the integration of computer graphics into modeling software. In addition, technological advances are making it possible for rapidly growing numbers of the general population to become modelers, for example, by using spreadsheet software. The proposed research is based upon our previous experimental work, our theory of the role of visualization in modeling, and the literature on visualization and cognitive science. We have selected as the target of our visualization a component that is central to the modeling process and to our understanding of it: the heuristics sued in constructing models. In order to assess our theory, we intend to build visualization systems for two different types of modeling tasks, one in a physical domain, and the other in an abstract domain. The first experiment will be conducted in the physical domain of groundwater modeling with the Where Next heuristics visualization system. The second experiment will be conducted in the physical abstract domain of machine learning as applied to consumer credit. As part of our experimentation, we will construct a `modeler's assistant` for each of the problem domains. The contributions of the research are to better understand the process of modeling and the role of visualization in this process, and to integrate visualization techniques into the process of modeling in order to capitalize upon advances in computer graphics technology. ╣¢ ┤Á¢╣ÀÁ┤ ¥? ▓Á _┐%¥╣ ┤╣¢│╣║%╣/╝` ╣ /¥┐╝Á &/╝¥╣│╣║/¥¢ ┴╣%% │?_Á Â╝?_ / ┴╣┤Á ╝/ÀÁ ? /│/┤Á_╣│ /╝Á/¢ ╣│%┐┤╣À Á│??_╣│¢ ║?%╣¥╣│/% ¢│╣Á│Á /¥©╝?║?%?À` /┤_╣╣¢¥╝/¥╣└Á ¢│╣Á│Á /┤ %/┴ ¿ /┤┤╣¥╣? ║╝/│¥╣¥╣?Á╝¢ Â╝?_ ▓?¥© ¥©Á ó//┤╣/ /┤ ¡ ½ À?└Á╝_Á¥¢ ┴╣%% ▓Á ╣└?%└Á┤ /¢ ║╝Á¢Á¥Á╝¢ │?__Á¥/¥?╝¢ /┤ ┤╣¢│┐¢¢/¥¢