Title :
Fractal approaches for visualizing huge hierarchies
Author :
Koike, Hideki ; Yoshihara, Hirotaka
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. & Syst., Electro-Commun. Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes fractal approaches to the problems which associate with visualizing huge hierarchies. The geometrical characteristic of a fractal, self-similarity, allows users to visually interact with a huge tree in the same manner at every level of the tree. The fractal dimension, a measure of complexity, makes it possible to control the total amount of displayed nodes. A prototype visualization system for UNIX directories is also shown
Keywords :
Unix; data structures; database management systems; fractals; query languages; user interfaces; visual languages; UNIX directories; fractal approaches; huge hierarchies; visualisation; Data structures; Data visualization; Delay; Displays; Explosions; File systems; Fractals; Prototypes; Shape control; Tree data structures;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1993., Proceedings 1993 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bergen
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3970-9
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1993.269566
