A Model and Framework for Visualization Exploration
Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technical Report MSU-060315-1, Mississippi State University, March 2006.
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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Copyright 2006, T.J. Jankun-Kelly
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BibTeX Citation
@techreport{Jankun-Kelly:2006:AMa,
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.},
Author = {T.J. Jankun-Kelly AND Kwan-Liu Ma AND Michael Gertz},
Institution = {Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University},
Keywords = {visualization exploration process, visualization, visualization systems, history, derivation, collaboration, XML, software framework, science of visualization},
Month = {March},
Number = {MSU-060315-1},
Title = {A Model and Framework for Visualization Exploration},
Year = {2006}}
Contact
Dr. T.J. Jankun-Kelly [tjk@cse.msstate.edu], Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University.
