Ellen's PhD Dissertation -- The Right Tool at The Right Time

Investigation of Freehand Drawing as an Interface to Knowledge Based Design Tools

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July, 1998, Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD in Design Computing

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Title Page. (1 page)

Thesis Approval. (2 pages)

Acknowledgement. (3 pages)

Table of Contents. (4 pages)

List of Tables . (1 page)

List of Figures. (7 pages)

Summary. (2 pages)

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Chapter 1. Introduction. (22 pages)

Chapter 2. Related Work- Design Studies, Cognitive Studies and Sketching Programs. (30 pages)

Chapter 3. Background- Antecedent Projects. (34 pages)

Chapter 4. What's in a Diagram that a Computer should Understand. (30 pages)

Chapter 5. Design Drawing Experiment- Design Concerns & Drawing Conventions. (51 pages)

Chapter 6. A Prototype System for Inferring Design Intention. (35 pages)

Chapter 7. Conclusion, Discussion and Future Work. (20 pages)

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Appendix A. Drawing Analogies. (7 pages)

Appendix B. Symbols for Human Figures from the Diagramming Experiment. (2 pages)

Appendix C. Design Experiment Questionnaire. (9 pages)

Appendix D. Roger's Design Session. (14 pages)

Appendix E. Noi's Design Session. (10 pages)

Appendix F. Samuel's Design Session. (12 pages)

Appendix G. Mario's Design Session. (14 pages)

Appendix H. Video Transcript of Mario's Design Session. (50 pages)

References. (8 pages)

Vita. (2 pages)

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