Visualization of time-oriented data

Time is an exceptional dimension that is common to many application domains such as medicine, engineering, business, or science. Due to the distinct characteristics of time, appropriate visual and analytical methods are required to explore and analyze them. This book starts with an introduction to visualization and historical examples of visual representations. At its core, the book presents and discusses a systematic view of the visualization of time-oriented data along three key questions: what is being visualized (data), why something is visualized (user tasks), and how it is presented (visual representation). Tosupport visual exploration, interaction techniques and analytical methods arerequired that are discussed in separate chapters. A large part of this book is devoted to a structured survey of 101 different visualization techniques as a reference for scientists conducting related research as well as for practitioners seeking information on how their time-oriented data can best be visualized. A comprehensive overview of the field. Includes a survey of cutting-edge, interactive Information Visualization techniques for time-oriented data. Researchers, students and practitioners will benefit from the categorization schemethat makes the field graspable. Unified characterisation of techniques enables the comparison of different methods along distinct attributes. INDICE: Introduction. Historical Background. Time & Time-Oriented Data.-Visualization Aspects. Interaction Support. Analytical Support. Survey of Visualization Techniques. Conclusion.

• ISBN: 978-0-85729-078-6
• Editorial: Springer London
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 286
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés