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§ First fully integrated 4-colour text in this field, using real-world examples and applications.
§ This is the only book to concentrate on interactive dynamic information visualization techniques.
§ Readers will learn how to display information to: pick out key information from large data streams; present ideas clearly and effectively; encourage data exploration and decision-making.
§ Clear writing style makes this a widely accessible, non-technical text needing no prior knowledge of mathematics, computing or statistics.
§ Companion Website.
§ Instructor resources including PowerPoint files with a wealth of images and diagrams taken from the book, and a collection of useful short video clips
Information Visualization
Design for Interaction
Second Edition
Robert Spence
“Spence has completely reorganized the material, creating a significant revision that hinges on the three main concepts of representation, presentation, and interaction. […] He writes with clarity and insight, carefully explaining the important ideas of the field as well as their significance.”
~ From the Foreword by John Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology
One of the greatest challenges of our time is to make sense of the overwhelming amount of information all around us. The concepts and techniques of Information Visualization (IV) help us to understand this deluge of data.
The second edition of Information Visualization has been completely restructured to focus on core concepts and novel technologies that allow us to interact with information in new and exciting ways.
Highlights of the Second Edition include
Check out the Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/spence for additional resources for students and instructors.
About the Author
Robert Spence is Professor of Information Engineering at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. He is widely recognized to be one of the pioneers of IV, and has taught the subject world-wide to both students and professionals.
Information Visualization by Robert Spence
Table of Contents
Dedication
About the author
Other books by the author
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 What is Visualization?
Visualization
Computational support
The Human User
The value of Information Visualization
Fraud; silicon chips; pharmaceuticals
Questions of Taxonomy
Issues
References
Exercises
Chapter 2 The Issues
The task
Nature of the problem
The data
Table presentation
Bargrams
Interactive object selection
Overview
Multiple attributes
Detail
Significant objects
Interactive attribute selection
Space limitations
Filtering
Taking stock
Navigational guidance
Movement in information space
Perception and interpretation
Summary
References
Exercises
Chapter 3 Representation
Data types
Data complexity
Perception and Cognition
3.1 Encoding of value
Univariate data
A single number; a collection of numbers
Bivariate data
Trivariate data
Scatterplot matrix
Preattentive processing- things that pop out; choice of encoding
Hypervariate data
Coordinate plots
Scatterplot matrix
Linked histograms
Mosaic plots
Icons
Object and Attribute Visibility
3.2 Encoding of relation
Lines
Maps and diagrams
Venn diagrams
InfoCrystal
Cluster Maps
Tree representations
Cone tree
Tree maps
Hyperbolic browser
3.3 Support for design
References
Exercises
Chapter 4 Presentation
A problem
The presentation issue
4.1 Space limitations
Scrolling
Overview plus detail
Distortion
Application
Generalization
Suppression
Combined distortion and suppression
Historical note
Zoom and Pan
4.2 Time limitations
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation
Briefly glimpsed images
Space and Time resources
Eye gaze
Presentation modes
Manual control
Models of human visual performance
Interaction design
References
Exercises
Chapter 5 Interaction
Scenarios
Spaces, interactions and balance of control
This chapter
5.1 Interaction Framework
5.2 &n