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This chapter investigates in detail the characteristics of time and time-oriented data. Design aspects for modeling time and time-oriented data are introduced and discussed using examples. The chapter also sheds some light on data quality.
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Aigner, W., Miksch, S., Schumann, H., Tominski, C. (2023). Time and Time-Oriented Data. In: Visualization of Time-Oriented Data. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7527-8_3
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