Knowledge, visualization of
Sachiko Kusukawa · 2019
Knowledge Visualization is a relatively new field of research that focuses on the creation and transfer of knowledge by visualizations with and without the help of computers.It is ought to be a mediator between a lot of different disciplines.This paper gives an overview of the concept of Knowledge Visualization, especially in regard to the definition of Remo A. Burkhard, who worked on the topic in-depth in his dissertation.Therefore the seeds of the concept, its goals and theoretical backgrounds like the Knowledge Visualization model are presented in this work.As it is a very interdisciplinary field of research an overview about the participated disciplines is given.The differences to Information Visualization, which was the key issue of the Media Informatics Advanced Seminar, for which this paper was written for, are also outlined in detail.Additionally the methods to visualize knowledge are categorized and presented as well as three approaches that should help to find the best visualization method for each purpose.