Fundamental
research Fundamental research Zach Shallbetter

References (running bibliography)

Shared bibliography for the Fundamental paper family. Markdown now; exported to references.bib when papers convert to LaTeX. Entries marked [verify] are real, well-known works but still need their exact bibliographic details (venue, year, pages, DOI/URL) confirmed before submission. Entries marked [TODO: locate] are topics for which a specific citation must still be found — do not ship a fabricated reference. Papers cite by the [key] in brackets.

Primary sources (this repository)

The papers treat the codebase and canonical docs as primary evidence, cited inline by path. Anchors:

  • [fieldui-repo] Fundamental monorepo — packages/core, packages/platform, packages/{elements,react,vanilla}.
  • [fieldui-contracts] docs/canonical/system-contracts.md — the hard contracts.
  • [fieldui-platform] docs/canonical/platform-architecture.md — scheduler + registries.
  • [fieldui-natural] docs/canonical/natural-fields.md — the four-field translation system.
  • [fieldui-fieldtable] docs/canonical/fundamental-field-behavior-table.md — field/force laws.
  • [fieldui-interaction] docs/canonical/interaction-and-relationship-model.md — agents, attention, reading, AI use cases.
  • [fieldui-recipes] docs/canonical/authoring-and-recipes.md — the recipe schema + 64-recipe gallery.
  • [fieldui-forces] docs/engine-reference/forces-system.md — the as-built engine spec.
  • [fieldui-formulas] docs/engine-reference/forces-formulas.md — per-force math.
  • [fieldui-physics] docs/engine-reference/physics-workover.md — the physics-correctness pass.

Key shipped-code anchors cited by the papers: packages/core/src/core/dom-boundary.test.ts (empty allowlist), packages/core/src/core/integrator.ts, packages/core/src/contracts/passport.ts, packages/core/src/config/manual.ts, packages/platform/src/schedule.ts, packages/platform/src/metrics.ts, packages/platform/src/bind-data.ts, packages/core/src/recipes/{catalog,schema}.ts, apps/site/src/pages/docs/reading-field.astro, apps/site/src/pages/docs/studies/evidence-field.astro.

External literature (to assemble)

Grouped by the role each plays in the arguments. Keys are stable; classics are listed with best-known details and a [verify] flag.

Force-directed layout & physical metaphors in UI (Paper 1, Paper 5)

  • [eades1984] P. Eades, “A heuristic for graph drawing,” Congressus Numerantium 42, 1984. [verify]
  • [fruchterman1991] T. M. J. Fruchterman, E. M. Reingold, “Graph drawing by force-directed placement,” Software: Practice and Experience 21(11), 1991. [verify]
  • [bostock2011] M. Bostock, V. Ogievetsky, J. Heer, “D³: Data-Driven Documents,” IEEE TVCG (InfoVis) 17(12), 2011. [verify]
  • [d3force] M. Bostock et al., “d3-force” force-simulation module. [TODO: locate version/URL]

Stigmergy & field-based coordination (Paper 1, Paper 2 memory model)

  • [grasse1959] P.-P. Grassé, stigmergy formulation, Insectes Sociaux 6, 1959. [verify]
  • [dorigo] M. Dorigo, ant-colony / pheromone-field optimization. [TODO: locate canonical ref]

Reading on screen, navigation, and document orientation (Paper 2)

  • [reading-on-screen] screen vs. paper reading; spatial/kinesthetic cues; comprehension and orientation. [TODO: locate] (candidates: Mangen et al.; Ackerman & Goldsmith.)
  • [wayfinding-orientation] “where am I / where can I go / where have I been” wayfinding in hypertext and long documents. [TODO: locate]
  • [toc-overview-navigation] table-of-contents / overview+detail / fisheye / progress indicators. [TODO: locate] (candidate: Furnas, “Generalized fisheye views,” CHI 1986 — [verify].)
  • [information-scent] P. Pirolli, S. Card, “Information foraging,” Psychological Review 106(4), 1999. [verify]
  • [citation-reading-behavior] citation / footnote / cross-reference reading and comprehension behavior. [TODO: locate]
  • [spatial-location-memory] spatial/location memory for document position (paper vs. screen). [TODO: locate]
  • [attention-distraction-reading] attention, distraction, and interruption while reading. [TODO: locate]

Attention & salience (Paper 1, Papers 2–3)

  • [itti1998] L. Itti, C. Koch, E. Niebur, “A model of saliency-based visual attention for rapid scene analysis,” IEEE PAMI 20(11), 1998. [verify]
  • [attention-interruption] attention economy / interruption / alert fatigue (for “conserved attention” and System Weather). [TODO: locate]

Trust, evidence, and uncertainty in AI/decision interfaces (Paper 3)

  • [trust-calibration] J. D. Lee, K. A. See, “Trust in automation: Designing for appropriate reliance,” Human Factors 46(1), 2004. [verify]
  • [automation-bias] automation bias / over-reliance on automated decision aids under time pressure. [TODO: locate] (candidates: Parasuraman & Riley 1997; Skitka et al. 1999 — [verify].)
  • [over-reliance-on-LLMs] over-reliance on LLM assistants; whether confidence/explanation signals raise or reduce unwarranted reliance. [TODO: locate]
  • [uncertainty-visualization] uncertainty visualization and its effect on perceived/acted-on uncertainty. [TODO: locate] (candidate: Hullman et al. surveys — [verify].)
  • [source-credibility] source-credibility assessment and citation-inspection behavior. [TODO: locate]
  • [citation-faithfulness] citation faithfulness / attribution in retrieval-augmented generation; LLM hallucination. [TODO: locate]
  • [explanation-usefulness] explainable-AI evaluation; illusory understanding; plausible rationales raising trust without improving decisions. [TODO: locate]

Methods & instruments (Papers 2–3 study designs)

  • [signal-detection] D. M. Green, J. A. Swets, Signal Detection Theory and Psychophysics, Wiley, 1966 (for d′, criterion c). [verify]
  • [calibration-metrics] G. W. Brier, “Verification of forecasts expressed in terms of probability,” Monthly Weather Review 78(1), 1950 (Brier score); plus expected calibration error / reliability diagrams. [verify]
  • [workload-instrument] S. G. Hart, L. E. Staveland, “Development of NASA-TLX,” in Human Mental Workload, 1988. [verify]
  • [usability-sus] J. Brooke, “SUS: A quick and dirty usability scale,” 1996. [verify] (used if a usability measure is reported)
  • [mixed-effects] mixed-effects modeling for repeated-measures HCI data (crossed random effects). [TODO: locate] (candidate: Baayen, Davidson & Bates 2008 — [verify].)
  • [preregistration] pre-registration / Registered Reports practice. [TODO: locate]

Web platform & rendering substrate (Paper 1, Paper 5)

Accessibility & reduced motion (Paper 4)

  • [wcag-motion] W3C, “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1,” Success Criterion 2.3.3 Animation from Interactions. https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#animation-from-interactions
  • [vestibular-accessibility] vestibular-disorder accessibility — motion as a barrier (nausea, dizziness, disorientation from large / parallax / unexpected motion). [TODO: locate]
  • [use-of-color] W3C, “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1,” Success Criterion 1.4.1 Use of Color — “color is not the only visual means of conveying information” (the principle this paper generalizes from color to motion). https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#use-of-color
  • [functional-vs-decorative-motion] functional vs. decorative animation — motion that conveys causality / continuity / hierarchy vs. motion that does not. [TODO: locate]
  • [degraded-fallback-antipattern] the degraded-fallback / dual-codebase-drift antipattern (separate, under-tested accessible paths diverging from the primary surface). [TODO: locate]
  • [non-inferiority] non-inferiority trial design and margin selection (Papers 2–4 study designs). [TODO: locate]

Explainability / provenance visualization (Paper 8)

  • [explainability-provenance] explainability and provenance visualization in InfoVis / dev tools. [TODO: locate]