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Everything about Visual variable
Graphic techniques used in visual design
A visual variable, in cartographic design, graphic design, and data visualization, is an aspect of a graphical object that can visually differentiate it from other objects, and can be controlled during the design process. The concept was first systematized by Jacques Bertin, a French cartographer and graphic designer, and published in his 1967 book, Sémiologie Graphique. Bertin identified a basic set of these variables and provided guidance for their usage; the concept and the set of variables has since been expanded, especially in cartography, where it has become a core principle of education and practice. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Visual variableA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Variable-weighted FDA combined with t-SNE and multiple extreme learning machines for visual industrial process monitoringInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The influence of the effects of selected variables upon visual perception learningThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Handwriting generates variable visual output to facilitate symbol learning.Cited 86 times
- Go sideways: Map symbolA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Cartographic designA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Handwriting generates variable visual output to facilitate symbol learning.
A Variable-Memory Model of Visual Search
Variable Reliance on Phonological Information in Visual Word Recognition
Functional architecture of visual emotion recognition ability: A latent variable approach.
Learning an Intrinsic-Variable Preserving Manifold for Dynamic Visual Tracking
Ocular stability in variable visual feedback conditions in the rabbit
Variable pattern of visual recovery of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Unbiased Visual Question Answering by Leveraging Instrumental Variable
🆕 Influential since 2022
Variable-weighted FDA combined with t-SNE and multiple extreme learning machines for visual industrial process monitoring
Variable Observability Constrained Visual-Inertial-GNSS EKF-Based Navigation
Visual Servoing-Based Anti-Swing Control of Cable-Suspended Aerial Transportation Systems With Variable-Length Cable
Dynamic depth-of-field projection mapping method based on a variable focus lens and visual feedback
Variable-hyperparameter visual transformer for efficient image inpainting
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕The influence of the effects of selected variables upon visual perception learningJean Carter McBride · 1978
Developmental changes in cortical processing as reflected by visually evoked potential variabilityWilma Jeanne Street · 1978
Fundamentals of Computer Programming with CSharp Free Book (by Nakov & Co.)Svetlin Nakov · 2013
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🔗 Related topics
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