Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams

Gem Stapleton; Peter Rodgers; Anestis Touloumis; Andrew Blake

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20

Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams

Gem Stapleton, Peter Rodgers, Anestis Touloumis, Andrew Blake

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Abstract

A key feature of diagrams is well-matchedness, referred to as
iconicity in philosophy. A well-matched diagram has a structural resemblance to its semantics and is believed to be an effective representation. In this paper, we view well-matchedness as a feature of diagrams’ meaning carriers – syntactic relationships that convey meaning. Each meaning carrier may or may not structurally resemble, i.e. be well-matched to, its semantics. This paper provides the first empirical study that evaluates the impact of well-matched meaning carriers on effectiveness in Euler diagrams and linear diagrams. There are two key take-away messages: using only well-matched meaning carriers led to the best task performance and using both well-matched and non-well-matched meaning carriers in a single diagram should be approached with caution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Peter Chapman, Leonie Bosveld-de Smet, Valeria Giardino, James Corter, Sven Linker
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	247-263
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030542498
ISBN (Print)	9783030542481
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20
Publication status	Published - 17 Aug 2020
Event	International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams - Tallinn, Estonia Duration: 24 Aug 2020 → 28 Aug 2020 Conference number: 11th http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2020/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12169 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams
Abbreviated title	Diagrams 2020
Country/Territory	Estonia
City	Tallinn
Period	24/08/20 → 28/08/20
Internet address	http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2020/

Bibliographical note

The final authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20

Keywords

Diagrams
Iconicity
Sets
Visualization
Well-matched

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Stapleton, G., Rodgers, P., Touloumis, A., & Blake, A. (2020). Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams. In A-V. Pietarinen, P. Chapman, L. Bosveld-de Smet, V. Giardino, J. Corter, & S. Linker (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings (pp. 247-263). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12169 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20

Stapleton, Gem ; Rodgers, Peter ; Touloumis, Anestis et al. / Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams. Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings. editor / Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen ; Peter Chapman ; Leonie Bosveld-de Smet ; Valeria Giardino ; James Corter ; Sven Linker. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 247-263 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Stapleton, G, Rodgers, P, Touloumis, A & Blake, A 2020, Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams. in A-V Pietarinen, P Chapman, L Bosveld-de Smet, V Giardino, J Corter & S Linker (eds), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12169 LNAI, Springer, Cham, pp. 247-263, International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Tallinn, Estonia, 24/08/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20

Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams. / Stapleton, Gem; Rodgers, Peter; Touloumis, Anestis et al.
Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen; Peter Chapman; Leonie Bosveld-de Smet; Valeria Giardino; James Corter; Sven Linker. Cham: Springer, 2020. p. 247-263 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12169 LNAI).

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Stapleton G, Rodgers P, Touloumis A , Blake A. Well-matchedness in Euler and Linear Diagrams. In Pietarinen A-V, Chapman P, Bosveld-de Smet L, Giardino V, Corter J, Linker S, editors, Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 11th International Conference, Diagrams 2020, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2020. p. 247-263. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_20

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