The Cost Structure of Sensemaking

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  • Title: The Cost Structure of Sensemaking
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    • Tags:: #[References] #[D/Synthesis Infrastructure] #sensemaking
    • Authored by:: [Daniel M. Russell], [Mark J. Stefik], [Peter Pirolli], and [Stuart K. Card]
    • Year: 1993
    • Publication: [conf/CHI]
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    • Bibtex key: russellCostStructureSensemaking1993
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    • #canonical paper for [sensemaking] in [HCI] stream
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    • Introduces the [Learning Loop Complex] and idea of [encodon] as bridge between data and representations ([Schema]s)that are then used for downstream tasks during [sensemaking] (p. 271)
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    • Also analyzes the [cost structure] of [sensemaking] and uses that to identify the most impactful ways to ease the process of sensemaking (in their case, it was data extraction)
      • They find that, for the cases they study, extracting data is the most costly step for [sensemaking] (p.273).
        • This is very similar to the idea of the challenges to sastifying Composability facilitates synthesis, and evokes the same feeling as what happens in [systematic review]s, as reported by Enslaved to the Trapped Data
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        • cf. #Z: Gracefully integrating formalism into interactive systems is hard
        • also Specifying context for future reuse is costly