Spence:Information Visualization_c2, 2nd Edition

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Features

§         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

Description

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

• A new structure to enable readers to grasp key concepts more easily;
• A wealth of new Case Studies showing different applications of IV;
• New exercises to test your understanding;  
• A DVD featuring video examples of IV in action.

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.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

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

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