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  <Title>PostGraphe: a system for the generation of statistical graphics and text</Title>
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4 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The focus of our research is the integrated generation of text and graphics in statistical reports.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> In order to achieve our objectives, we have considered the writer's goals, the types and values of the variables to be presented, and the relations between these variables.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> .-ks we have shown in this paper, all of these factors must be taken into account simultaneously in order to produce an efficient report. Some research has focused on these problems separately, such as MacKinlay's APT system \[12, 13\] which focuses mainly on type-based graph generation, Zelazny's work on graphs and messages \[20\], and Casner's study of tasks/goals \[4\]. Good design rules also have to be considered when choosing and generating tables \[19, 9\] and graphs \[6, 8, 16, 17, 18, 5\], as these have a direct influence on the reader's perception of a report. Thus. one has to consider the writer's goals, the data itself and the reader's interpretation.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> Other related works include Mittal et al.s extension \[14\] to the SAGE system \[15\] which uses text to explain the structure of graphs and charts - unlike o,,r system, which uses it to present and explain the data itself- and wIP \[1\], a well-known multimedia generator which has the same goals as our system, but works on a different type of data (structured representations vs tables of numbers).</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="4"> wIP is more concerned with content and media selection according to the user's goals, whereas with PostGraphe, the content is almost directly determined by the writer's intentions, but the structure is totally flexible, as the system must build its internal representations and output from raw data.</Paragraph>
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