Model Planes and Totem Poles:
Methods for Visualizing User Models

by Jill Kliger
Master's Thesis supervised by Walter Bender


Table of Contents

Section 0: Front of Document (ps)

Cover Page
Abstract and Title Page
Readers' Page
Foreword & Acknowledgements
Table of Contents

Section 1: Description

Document Overview (ps)
Features & Motivations (ps)
Figures 1 to 10 <--Images!
Evolution & Inspirations (ps)
Figures 11 to 21 <--Images!
Evaluation: The Surveys (ps)
Evaluation: Future Issues (ps)
Evaluation: New Designs (images)
Retrospective (ps)
Bibliography (ps)

Section 2: Implementation (ps)

Basic Flow of the System
Overview of the Classes
Article Format
User Model Format
Adding New Model Planes
Navigating the Model Planes
Description of User Interaction
User Input Features
Enhancing the Newspaper
Upgrade Issues


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