A Model and Framework for Visualization Exploration
T.J. Jankun-Kelly, Kwan-Liu Ma, and Michael Gertz
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 13(2):357--369, March/April 2007.
Abstract
Visualization exploration is the process of extracting
insight from data via interaction with visual depictions of
that data. Visualization exploration is more than presentation;
the interaction with both the data and its depiction is as
important as the data and depiction itself. Previous
visualization research has focused on the generation of
visualizations---the depiction---and not on the exploratory
aspects of the visualization process. However, without formal
models of the process, visualization exploration sessions cannot
be fully utilized to assist users and system designers. Towards
this end, we introduce the P-Set Model of Visualization
Exploration for describing this process and a framework to
encapsulate, share, and analyze visual explorations. In
addition, systems utilizing the model and framework are more
efficient as redundant exploration is avoided. Several examples
drawn from visualization applications demonstrate these benefits.
Taken together, the model and framework provide an effective
means to exploit the information within the visual exploration
process.
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BibTeX Citation
@article{Jankun-Kelly:2007:AMa,
Author = {T.J. Jankun-Kelly AND Kwan-Liu Ma AND Michael Gertz},
Title = {A Model and Framework for Visualization Exploration},
Abstract = {Visualization exploration is the process of extracting
insight from data via interaction with visual depictions of
that data. Visualization exploration is more than presentation;
the interaction with both the data and its depiction is as
important as the data and depiction itself. Previous
visualization research has focused on the generation of
visualizations---the depiction---and not on the exploratory
aspects of the visualization process. However, without formal
models of the process, visualization exploration sessions cannot
be fully utilized to assist users and system designers. Towards
this end, we introduce the P-Set Model of Visualization
Exploration for describing this process and a framework to
encapsulate, share, and analyze visual explorations. In
addition, systems utilizing the model and framework are more
efficient as redundant exploration is avoided. Several examples
drawn from visualization applications demonstrate these benefits.
Taken together, the model and framework provide an effective
means to exploit the information within the visual exploration
process.},
Keywords = {visualization exploration process, visualization, visualization systems, history, derivation, collaboration, XML, software framework, science of visualization},
Pages = {357--369},
Volume = {13},
Number = {2},
Month = {March/April},
Year = {2007},
Journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
}
Contact
Dr. T.J. Jankun-Kelly [tjk@acm.org], Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University.
