The role of compression in visualization tools for crime analysts
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Susan W. van den Braak, Herre van Oostendorp, Gerard A.W. Vreeswijk, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Henry Prakken, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University & Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, PO Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands, [email protected]
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