Readings in Information Visualization,
Edition 1 Using Vision to Think
Edited by Stuart K. Card, Jock Mackinlay and Ben Shneiderman, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook

Publication Date: 25 Jan 1999
Description

This groundbreaking book defines the emerging field of information visualization and offers the first-ever collection of the classic papers of the discipline, with introductions and analytical discussions of each topic and paper. The authors' intention is to present papers that focus on the use of visualization to discover relationships, using interactive graphics to amplify thought. This book is intended for research professionals in academia and industry; new graduate students and professors who want to begin work in this burgeoning field; professionals involved in financial data analysis, statistics, and information design; scientific data managers; and professionals involved in medical, bioinformatics, and other areas.

Key Features

* Full-color reproduction throughout
* Author power team - an exciting and timely collaboration between the field's pioneering, most-respected names
* The only book on Information Visualization with the depth necessary for use as a text or as a reference for the information professional
* Text includes the classic source papers as well as a collection of cutting edge work
About the author
Edited by Stuart K. Card; Jock Mackinlay and Ben Shneiderman, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, Department of Computer Science and Founding Director of the HCI Lab, University of Maryland
Table of Contents

1. Information Visualization



2. Space






Physical Data



Visualization-Expanding Scientific and Engineering Research Opportunities by T. A. DeFanti, M. D. Brown, B. H.McCormick.



1D, 2D, 3D



Graphics and Graphic Information Processing by J. Bertin



Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information by J. Mackinlay



Information Animation Applications in the Capital Markets by W. Wright



Multiple Dimensions >3



World within Worlds: Metaphors for Exploring n-Dimensional Virtual Worlds by S. Feiner and C. Beshers



Multidimensional Detective by A. Inselberg



Visualizing Multivariate Functions, Data, and Distributions by T. Mihalisin, J. Timlin, & J. Schwegler



VisDB: Database Exploration Using Multidimensional Visualization by D. A. Keim and H.-P. Kriegel



InfoCrystal: A Visual Tool for Information Retrieval by A. Spoerri



Trees



Treemaps: a Space-Filing Approach to the Visualization of Hierarchical Information Structure by B. Johnson & B. Shneiderman



Space-filing Software Visualization by M. J. Baker & S. G. Eick



TennisViewer: A Browser for Competition Trees by L. Jin and D. C. Banks



Networks



SemNet: Three-Dimensional Graphic Representations of Large Knowledg Bases by K. Fairchild, S. E. Poltrock, G. W. Furnas



Navigating Large Networks with Hierarchies by S. G. Eick and G. J. Wills



Visualizing Network Data by R. A. Becker, S. G. Eick, A. R. Wilks






3. Interaction






Dynamic Queries



Dynamic Queries for Visual Information Seeking by B. Shneiderman



Visual Information Seeking: Tight Coupling of Dynamic Query Filters with Starfield Displays by C. Ahlberg and B. Shneiderman



Data Visualization Sliders by S. G. Eick



Enhanced Dynamic Queries via Movable Filters by K. Fishkin, M. C. Stone



Interactive Analysis



SDM: Selective Dynamic Manipulation of Visualizations by M. Chuah, S. Roth, J. Mattis, J. Kolojejchick



Externalizing Abstract Mathematical Models by L. Tweedie, R. Spence, H. Dawkes, and H. Su.



Overview + Detail



LifeLines: Visualizing Personal Histories by C. Plaisant, B. Milash, A. Rose, W. Widoff, B. Shneiderman



Browsing Hierarchical Data with Multi-Level Dynamic Queries and Pruning by H. P. Kumar, C. Plaisant, B. Shneiderman






4. Focus + Context






Fisheye Views



The FISHEYE View: A new Look at Structured Files by G. Furnas



Bifocal Lens



Database navigation: An Office Environment for the Professional by R. Spence and M. Apperley



Distorted Views



The Table Lens: Merging Graphical and Symbolic Representations in an Interactive Focus + Context Visualization for TabularInformation by R. Rao and S. K. Card



A Review and Taxonomy of Distortion Oriented Presentation Techniques by Y. K. Leung and M. D. Apperley



Extending Distortion Viewing from 2D to 3D by M. Sheelagh, T. Carpendale, D. J. Cowperthwaite, F. David Fracchia



Alternate Geometry



The Hyperbolic Browser: A Focus + Context Technique for Visualizing Large Hierarchies by J. Lamping and R. Rao






5. Data Mapping: Text






Text in 1D



Automatic Analysis, Theme Generation, and Summarization of Machine-Readable Texts by G. Salton, J. Allan, C. Buckley, A. Singhal



Seesoft-A Tool for Visualizing Line Oriented Software Statistics by S. G. Eick, J. L. Steffen, E. E. Sumner, Jr.



Text in 2D



Visualization for the Document Space by X. Lin



Text in 3D



Visualizing the Non-Visual: Spatial Analysis and Interaction with Information from Text Documents by J. A. Wise, J. Thomas, K. Pennock, D. Lantrip, M. Pottier, A. Schur



Text in 3D + Time



Galaxy of News by E. Rennison






6. Higher-Level Visualization






InfoSphere



Measuring the Web by T. Bray



Visualizing Cyberspace: Information Visualization in the Harmony Internet Browser by K. Andrews



Narcissus: Visualizing Information by R. J. Hendley, N. S. Drew, A. M. Wood, and R. Beale



Workspaces



The Information Visualizer: An Information Workspace by G. R. Robertson, S. K. Card, J. M. Mackinlay



Pad++: A Zooming Graphical Interface for Exploring Alternative Interface Physics by B. B. Bederson and J. D. Hollan



The WebBook and the Web Forager: An Information Workspace for the World-Wide Web by S. K. Card, G. G. Robertson, and W. York



The STARLIGHT Information Visualization System by J. S. Risch, D. B. Rex, S. T. Dowson, T. B. Walters, R. A. May, B. D. Moon







Visual Objects



The Document Lens by G. Robertson and J. Mackinlay



User Controlled Overviews of an Image Library: A Case Study of theVisible Human by C. North, B. Shneiderman, C. Plaisant






7. Using Vision to Think






The Cost-of-Knowledge Characteristic Function: Display Evaluation for Direct-Walk Dynamic Information Visualizations by S. K. Card, P. Pirolli, and J. D. Mackinlay



Effective View Navigation by G. W. Furnas



Table Lens as a Tool for Making Sense of Data by P. Pirolli and R. Rao



Characterizing Interactive Externalizations by L. Tweedie






8. Applications and Innovations



9. Conclusion



Bibliography



Index
Book details
ISBN: 9781558605336
Page Count: 712
Retail Price : £77.00