Wang, Lee and Zeevat (1993). Reasoning with Diagrammatic Representations. JVLC 3 (republished in Glasgow et al. (1995). Diagrammatic Reasoning: Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. AAAI Press/MIT Press)
This diagram is part of an illustration of the effect of several language primitives. This particular diagram illustrates the result of using the overlap primitive.
Why good?
- Simple, conveys point.
- All elements contribute to the understanding; there is no extraneous information.
Nejmeh (1995). Process Cost and Value Analysis. CACM 38(6)