Readings in Information Visualization
Using Vision to Think
- 1st Edition - January 25, 1999
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Editors: Stuart K. Card, Jock Mackinlay, Ben Shneiderman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 5 5 8 6 0 - 5 3 3 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 5 7 3 - 1
This groundbreaking book defines the emerging field of information visualization and offers the first-ever collection of the classic papers of the discipline, with introductions an… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis groundbreaking book defines the emerging field of information visualization and offers the first-ever collection of the classic papers of the discipline, with introductions and analytical discussions of each topic and paper. The authors' intention is to present papers that focus on the use of visualization to discover relationships, using interactive graphics to amplify thought. This book is intended for research professionals in academia and industry; new graduate students and professors who want to begin work in this burgeoning field; professionals involved in financial data analysis, statistics, and information design; scientific data managers; and professionals involved in medical, bioinformatics, and other areas.
* Full-color reproduction throughout
* Author power team - an exciting and timely collaboration between the field's pioneering, most-respected names
* The only book on Information Visualization with the depth necessary for use as a text or as a reference for the information professional
* Text includes the classic source papers as well as a collection of cutting edge work
* Author power team - an exciting and timely collaboration between the field's pioneering, most-respected names
* The only book on Information Visualization with the depth necessary for use as a text or as a reference for the information professional
* Text includes the classic source papers as well as a collection of cutting edge work
1. Information Visualization
2. Space
Physical Data
Visualization-Expanding Scientific and Engineering Research Opportunities by T. A. DeFanti, M. D. Brown, B. H.McCormick.
1D, 2D, 3D
Graphics and Graphic Information Processing by J. Bertin
Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information by J. Mackinlay
Information Animation Applications in the Capital Markets by W. Wright
Multiple Dimensions >3
World within Worlds: Metaphors for Exploring n-Dimensional Virtual Worlds by S. Feiner and C. Beshers
Multidimensional Detective by A. Inselberg
Visualizing Multivariate Functions, Data, and Distributions by T. Mihalisin, J. Timlin, & J. Schwegler
VisDB: Database Exploration Using Multidimensional Visualization by D. A. Keim and H.-P. Kriegel
InfoCrystal: A Visual Tool for Information Retrieval by A. Spoerri
Trees
Treemaps: a Space-Filing Approach to the Visualization of Hierarchical Information Structure by B. Johnson & B. Shneiderman
Space-filing Software Visualization by M. J. Baker & S. G. Eick
TennisViewer: A Browser for Competition Trees by L. Jin and D. C. Banks
Networks
SemNet: Three-Dimensional Graphic Representations of Large Knowledg Bases by K. Fairchild, S. E. Poltrock, G. W. Furnas
Navigating Large Networks with Hierarchies by S. G. Eick and G. J. Wills
Visualizing Network Data by R. A. Becker, S. G. Eick, A. R. Wilks
3. Interaction
Dynamic Queries
Dynamic Queries for Visual Information Seeking by B. Shneiderman
Visual Information Seeking: Tight Coupling of Dynamic Query Filters with Starfield Displays by C. Ahlberg and B. Shneiderman
Data Visualization Sliders by S. G. Eick
Enhanced Dynamic Queries via Movable Filters by K. Fishkin, M. C. Stone
Interactive Analysis
SDM: Selective Dynamic Manipulation of Visualizations by M. Chuah, S. Roth, J. Mattis, J. Kolojejchick
Externalizing Abstract Mathematical Models by L. Tweedie, R. Spence, H. Dawkes, and H. Su.
Overview + Detail
LifeLines: Visualizing Personal Histories by C. Plaisant, B. Milash, A. Rose, W. Widoff, B. Shneiderman
Browsing Hierarchical Data with Multi-Level Dynamic Queries and Pruning by H. P. Kumar, C. Plaisant, B. Shneiderman
4. Focus + Context
Fisheye Views
The FISHEYE View: A new Look at Structured Files by G. Furnas
Bifocal Lens
Database navigation: An Office Environment for the Professional by R. Spence and M. Apperley
Distorted Views
The Table Lens: Merging Graphical and Symbolic Representations in an Interactive Focus + Context Visualization for TabularInformation by R. Rao and S. K. Card
A Review and Taxonomy of Distortion Oriented Presentation Techniques by Y. K. Leung and M. D. Apperley
Extending Distortion Viewing from 2D to 3D by M. Sheelagh, T. Carpendale, D. J. Cowperthwaite, F. David Fracchia
Alternate Geometry
The Hyperbolic Browser: A Focus + Context Technique for Visualizing Large Hierarchies by J. Lamping and R. Rao
5. Data Mapping: Text
Text in 1D
Automatic Analysis, Theme Generation, and Summarization of Machine-Readable Texts by G. Salton, J. Allan, C. Buckley, A. Singhal
Seesoft-A Tool for Visualizing Line Oriented Software Statistics by S. G. Eick, J. L. Steffen, E. E. Sumner, Jr.
Text in 2D
Visualization for the Document Space by X. Lin
Text in 3D
Visualizing the Non-Visual: Spatial Analysis and Interaction with Information from Text Documents by J. A. Wise, J. Thomas, K. Pennock, D. Lantrip, M. Pottier, A. Schur
Text in 3D + Time
Galaxy of News by E. Rennison
6. Higher-Level Visualization
InfoSphere
Measuring the Web by T. Bray
Visualizing Cyberspace: Information Visualization in the Harmony Internet Browser by K. Andrews
Narcissus: Visualizing Information by R. J. Hendley, N. S. Drew, A. M. Wood, and R. Beale
Workspaces
The Information Visualizer: An Information Workspace by G. R. Robertson, S. K. Card, J. M. Mackinlay
Pad++: A Zooming Graphical Interface for Exploring Alternative Interface Physics by B. B. Bederson and J. D. Hollan
The WebBook and the Web Forager: An Information Workspace for the World-Wide Web by S. K. Card, G. G. Robertson, and W. York
The STARLIGHT Information Visualization System by J. S. Risch, D. B. Rex, S. T. Dowson, T. B. Walters, R. A. May, B. D. Moon
Visual Objects
The Document Lens by G. Robertson and J. Mackinlay
User Controlled Overviews of an Image Library: A Case Study of theVisible Human by C. North, B. Shneiderman, C. Plaisant
7. Using Vision to Think
The Cost-of-Knowledge Characteristic Function: Display Evaluation for Direct-Walk Dynamic Information Visualizations by S. K. Card, P. Pirolli, and J. D. Mackinlay
Effective View Navigation by G. W. Furnas
Table Lens as a Tool for Making Sense of Data by P. Pirolli and R. Rao
Characterizing Interactive Externalizations by L. Tweedie
8. Applications and Innovations
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 25, 1999
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781558605336
- eBook ISBN: 9780080515731
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Stuart K. Card
Stuart K. Card is a Xerox Research Fellow and manager of the User Interface Research Group at Xerox PARC. He is the author of numerous technical articles and two other books on theories and designs in human-machine interaction. He and his group have contributed to more than 10 Xerox commercial products.
Jock D. Mackinlayis a member of the User Interface Research Group at Xerox PARC, where he has been developing 3D user interfaces for information visualization for over a decade. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University and is a member of the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction.
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Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and founding director of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland. He was elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing (ACM) in 1997, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in 2015. He is a past recipient of the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Shneiderman is the author and coauthor of many books, technical papers, and textbooks.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Computer Science and Founding Director of the HCI Lab, University of Maryland