Interactive Data Visualization: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications (Hardcover, 2)

Introduction What Is Visualization? History of Visualization Relationship between Visualization and Other Fields The Visualization Process Pseudocode Conventions The Scatterplot The Role of the User Related Readings Exercises Projects Data Foundations Types of Data Structure within and between Records Data Preprocessing Data Sets Used in This Book Related Readings Exercises Projects Human Perception and Information Processing What Is Perception? Physiology Perceptual Processing Perception in Visualization Metrics Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Foundations The Visualization Process in Detail Semiology of Graphical Symbols The Eight Visual Variables Historical Perspective Taxonomies Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Techniques for Spatial Data One-Dimensional Data Two-Dimensional Data Three-Dimensional Data Dynamic Data Combining Techniques Summary Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Techniques for Geospatial Data Visualizing Spatial Data Visualization of Point Data Visualization of Line Data Visualization of Area Data Other Issues in Geospatial Data Visualization Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Techniques for Time-Oriented Data Introduction Definitions: Characterizing Time-Oriented Data Visualizing Time-Oriented Data TimeBench: A Data Model and Software Library for Visual Analytics of Time-Oriented Data Summary Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Techniques for Multivariate Data Point-Based Techniques Line-Based Techniques Region-Based Techniques Combinations of Techniques Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Techniques for Trees, Graphs, and Networks Displaying Hierarchical Structures Displaying Arbitrary Graphs/Networks Other Issues Related Readings Exercises Projects Text and Document Visualization Introduction Levels of Text Representations The Vector Space Model Single Document Visualizations Document Collection Visualizations Extended Text Visualizations Summary Related Readings Exercises Projects Interaction Concepts Interaction Operators Interaction Operands and Spaces A Unified Framework Summary Related Readings Exercises Projects Interaction Techniques Screen Space Object Space (D Surfaces) Data Space (Multivariate Data Values) Attribute Space (Properties of Graphical Entities) Data Structure Space (Components of Data Organization) Visualization Structure Space (Components of theData Visualization) Animating Transformations Interaction Control Related Readings Exercises Projects Designing Effective Visualizations Steps in Designing Visualizations Problems in Designing Effective Visualizations Summary Related Readings Exercises Projects Comparing and Evaluating Visualization Techniques User Tasks User Characteristics Data Characteristics Visualization Characteristics Structures for Evaluating Visualizations Benchmarking Procedures An Example of Visualization Benchmarking Related Readings Exercises Projects Visualization Systems Systems Based on Data Type Systems Based on Analysis Type Text Analysis and Visualization Modern Integrated Visualization Systems Toolkits Related Readings Exercises Projects Research Directions in VisualizationIssues of Data Issues of Cognition, Perception, and Reasoning Issues of System Design Issues of Evaluation Issues of Hardware Issues of Applications Related Readings Exercises Projects Appendix A: History of Computer Graphics and Visualization Appendix B: Example Data Sets Appendix C: Sample Programs Bibliography Index