Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon

Chaomei Chen

Springer Science & Business Media, Oct 28, 2004 - Computers - 316 pages

Information visualization is not only about creating graphical displays of complex and latent information structures; it contributes to a broader range of cognitive, social, and collaborative activities. This is the first book to examine information visualization from this perspective.

This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious quest for setting information visualization and virtual environments in a unifying framework. Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon pays special attention to the advances made over the last 5 years and potentially fruitful directions to pursue. It is particularly updated to meet the need for practitioners. The book is a valuable source for researchers and graduate students. This new edition is forwarded by Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland.

Key features:

• Latest advances in information visualization.
• Applications of information visualization, including knowledge domain visualization, knowledge diffusion, and social networks.
• Detecting topics, emergent trends, and abrupt changes.
• Empirical findings concerning information visualization.
• Virtual environments and collaborative virtual environments.

Chaomei Chen is an Associate Professor in the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He is the author of Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization (Springer, 2003).

Contents

• Introduction: xvii
• 11 A Roadmap of Information Visualization: 1
• 12 Geographic Visualization: 6
• 13 Abstract Information Visualization: 18
• 14 Optimal Information Foraging: 19
• 16 Social Interaction in Online Communities: 20
• 17 Information Visualization Resources: 22
• 18 Summary: 24
• Extracting Salient Structures: 25
• 21 Proximity and Connectivity: 26
• 22 Clustering and Classification: 29
• 23 Virtual Structures: 32
• 24 Complex Network Theory: 38
• 25 Structural Analysis and Modeling: 41
• 26 Generalized Similarity Analysis: 50
• 27 Summary: 61
• Graph Drawing Algorithms: 63
• 32 Drawing General Undirected Graphs: 68
• 33 Examples of Graph Drawing: 79
• 34 Graph Drawing Resources: 84
• Systems and Applications: 87
• 42 Networks: 93
• 43 Spatial Information Exploration: 105
• 44 Focus + Context: 115
• 45 Visualizing Search Results: 124
• 46 The Web and Online Communities: 126
• 47 Commercial Systems: 129
• 48 Online Resources: 139
• 49 Summary: 140
• Knowledge Domain Visualization: 141
• 52 Author Cocitation Analysis: 147
• 53 Tracking the Growth of Knowledge: 152
• String Theory: 157
• 55 Summary: 168
• Empirical Studies of Information Visualization: 171
• 62 Metaanalysis: 173
• 63 Preattentive and Elementary Tasks: 179
• 64 Interacting with Trees: 179
• 65 Interacting with Graphs: 186
• 66 2D versus 3D: 189
• 67 Cognitive Abilities: 192
• 68 Summary: 200
• Virtual Environments: 201
• 71 Social Dimensions of Information Spaces: 202
• 72 Online Communities: 206
• 73 The StarWalker Virtual Environment: 217
• 74 Group Tightness: 225
• 75 Summary: 225
• Detecting Abrupt Changes and Emerging Trends: 227
• 82 Detecting Abrupt Changes: 236
• 83 Topic Detection and Tracking: 242
• 84 Visualizing Temporal Patterns: 246
• 85 Intellectual Turning Points: 255
• 86 Summary: 268
• Bibliography: 269
• Index: 285

Bibliographic information

• Title: Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon
• Author: Chaomei Chen
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 2004
• ISBN: 1852337893, 9781852337896
• Length: 316 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Computer Graphics; Computers / Computer Science; Computers / Operating Systems / General; Computers / Programming / Algorithms; Computers / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval; Computers / User Interfaces