====== Feature Congestion: A measure of display clutter ======
===== R. Rosenholtz, Y. Li, J. Mansfield, & Z. Jin =====

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===== Abstract =====
Management of clutter is an important factor in the design
of user interfaces and information visualizations, allowing
improved usability and aesthetics. However, clutter is not a
well defined concept. In this paper, we present the Feature
Congestion measure of display clutter. This measure is
based upon extensive modeling of the saliency of elements
of a display, and upon a new operational definition of clutter.
The current implementation is based upon two features:
color and luminance contrast. We have tested this measure
on maps that observers ranked by perceived clutter. Results
show good agreement between the observers’ rankings and
our measure of clutter. Furthermore, our measure can be
used to make design suggestions in an automated UI critiquing
tool.

===== Information =====


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title        : Feature Congestion: a measure of display clutter
authors      : R. Rosenholtz, Y.  Li, J. Mansfield, Z. Jin
citation     : SIGCHI, 761-770
shortcite    : SIGCHI
year         : 2005
created_dt   : 2005-01-01
summary_page : publications:congestionsigchi05
keyword_tags : rosenholtz, uiinfovis, clutter
www_url      :
pdf_url      : http://web.mit.edu/rruth/www/Papers/RosenholtzEtAlCHI2005Clutter.pdf
pageid       : congestionsigchi05
type         : publication
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