Visualizing Argumentation: Software Tools for Collaborative and Educational Sense-Making (Softcover

The field of Computer Supported Argument Visualization is currently attracting increasing attention in education and business as a means of helping co-located and virtual groups model and debate controversial problems. Visualizing Argumentation brings together the leading practitioners and researchers to provide the first in-depth coverage of this field. It gives an overview of both the conceptual and technical foundations, and also provides good coverage of practical issues, illustrated by real-life case studies. It will be of particular interest to practitioners and researchers concerned with knowledge management, software usability, information visualization and knowledge representation.