Browsing access to visual information
Jan Gecsei, Daniel Jan Martin · Optical information systems · 1989
One way to cope with the information explosion is to provide efficient exploratory access to large databases. After discussing browsing in the particular context of visual and multimedia (e.g., videodisc) information, the authors describe a working prototype system based on the consistent use of the fisheye paradigm. The system is being extended to AI (artificial intelligence)-based guidance of users through retrieval sessions