Title :
An architecture for a scientific visualization system
Author :
Lucas, Bruce ; Abram, Gregory D. ; Collins, Nancy S. ; Epstein, David A. ; Gresh, Donna L. ; McAuliffe, Kevin P.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
The architecture of the Data Explorer, a scientific visualization system, is described. Data Explorer supports the visualization of a wide variety of data by means of a flexible set of visualization modules. A single powerful data model common to all modules allows a wide range of data types to be imported and passed between modules. There is integral support for parallelism, affecting the data model and the execution model. The visualization modules are highly interoperable, due in part to the common data model, and exemplified by the renderer. An execution model facilitates parallelization of modules and incorporates optimizations such as caching. The two-process client-server system structure consists of a user interface that communicates with an executive via a dataflow language
Keywords :
abstract data types; data visualisation; database management systems; parallel programming; rendering (computer graphics); Data Explorer; caching; data model; data types; dataflow language; execution model; integral support; parallelization; renderer; scientific visualization system; two-process client-server system structure; user interface; visualization modules; Algorithm design and analysis; Data engineering; Data models; Data visualization; Design engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power system modeling; Programming profession; Rendering (computer graphics); User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1992. Visualization '92, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2897-9
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235219
