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DIAGRAMS
2000
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Capacity Limits in Diagrammatic Reasoning
This paper examines capacity limits in mental animation of static diagrams of mechanical systems and interprets these limits within current theories of working memory. I review emp...
Mary Hegarty
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
The cost of interrupted work: more speed and stress
We performed an empirical study to investigate whether the context of interruptions makes a difference. We found that context does not make a difference but surprisingly, people c...
Gloria Mark, Daniela Gudith, Ulrich Klocke
STOC
1993
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Contention in shared memory algorithms
Most complexity measures for concurrent algorithms for asynchronous shared-memory architectures focus on process steps and memory consumption. In practice, however, performance of ...
Cynthia Dwork, Maurice Herlihy, Orli Waarts
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Articulating common ground in cooperative work: content and process
We study the development of common ground in an emergency management planning task. Twelve three-person multi-role teams performed the task with a paper prototype in a controlled ...
Gregorio Convertino, Helena M. Mentis, Mary Beth R...

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14 years 9 months ago
The Minimum Circuity Frontier and the Journey to Work
People travel between places of residence and work destinations via transportation net- works. The relation between selection of home and work locations has been heavily debated ...
Levinson, D. and El-Geneidy A.