Title :
Visualizing Diversity and Depth over a Set of Objects
Author :
Pearlman, Jason ; Rheingans, Penny ; Des Jardins, Marie
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore
Abstract :
In many domains, the user is interested not only in including objects with particular desired values, but also in the distribution of values in the the set. Our approach for visualizing a set of objects uses glyphs overlaid on a composite representation of the entire set to convey objects´ depth and the set´s diversity. We test and apply this technique to three application domains: analyzing student applicant pools of a particular school or department, building an effective fantasy football team, and analyzing traffic activity on a network.
Keywords :
computer networks; data visualisation; educational administrative data processing; rendering (computer graphics); sport; telecommunication traffic; computer network traffic analysis; fantasy football team building; glyph attributes; object depth; object visualization; rendering; set diversity; student applicant pool analysis; Aggregates; Application software; Computer science; Data visualization; Educational institutions; Statistical distributions; background overlay; barycentric coordinates; glyph visualization; multidimensional visualization; multivariate visualization; visualization; Algorithms; Computer Graphics; Computer Simulation; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Information Storage and Retrieval; Models, Theoretical; User-Computer Interface;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2007.139
