An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Graphical and Tabular Data Presentations on Decision Making
通过实验比较图形和表格两种数据呈现方式对生产调度决策的影响，发现两者决策成本相当，但剔除随机因素后表格更优。
A key issue in designing a computer-based decision support system is how best to depict the data. Since most systems use either graphical or tabular displays, this experiment compares the latter two when used as decision aids for the production scheduling problem modeled by Holt, Modigliani, Muth, and Simon. The tabular aids and the graphical aids yield equally costly decisions. When the erratic components of the decisions are reduced, the tabular aids outperform the graphical aids.