BulB – VISUALISING BULLETIN BOARD ACTIVITY

Rehman Mohamed, John Ferguson, David Elsweiler, Alasdair Mac Cormick, John Wilson, George Weir

2004

Abstract

Visualisation is well known as an effective means of enriching user interaction with complex systems. Recent research with online communities has considered the application of visualisation tool support, with the intention of further improving communication between community members. This paper reviews existing work in this area with specific reference to the application of visualisation to improve user interaction within online forums such as bulletin boards. The paper then outlines work undertaken by the authors to develop a second-generation visualisation tool - ‘BulB’.

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Paper Citation


in Harvard Style

Mohamed R., Ferguson J., Elsweiler D., Mac Cormick A., Wilson J. and Weir G. (2004). BulB – VISUALISING BULLETIN BOARD ACTIVITY . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 31-35. DOI: 10.5220/0002640800310035


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis04,
author={Rehman Mohamed and John Ferguson and David Elsweiler and Alasdair Mac Cormick and John Wilson and George Weir},
title={BulB – VISUALISING BULLETIN BOARD ACTIVITY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={31-35},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002640800310035},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - BulB – VISUALISING BULLETIN BOARD ACTIVITY
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Mohamed R.
AU - Ferguson J.
AU - Elsweiler D.
AU - Mac Cormick A.
AU - Wilson J.
AU - Weir G.
PY - 2004
SP - 31
EP - 35
DO - 10.5220/0002640800310035