Automated general visualizations

This paper details research on systems which use a small set of objects to visualize event-based data from a number of potential domains, including programming languages. Empirical research suggests that user understanding of visualizations is principally defined by the visual attributes of the objects, such as position and colour, rather than with the functionality of these objects. This work shows that general visualizations are possible for event-based data domains. If the output visualization is well laid out, then it is nearly indistinguishable from visualizations specifically designed for a data set. Future work lies in the development of more intelligent systems which are capable of creating user friendly layouts