Title :
AutoVisual: rule-based design of interactive multivariate visualizations
Author :
Beshers, Clifford ; Feiner, Steven
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fDate :
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An extension to the n-Vision visualization system, which provides users with a 3D virtual world within which they can visualize and manipulate representations of multivariate relations is discussed. The extension, AutoVisual, is rule based system that eliminates the difficulty in choosing among the many alternative when designing visualizations. AutoVisual designs interactive virtual worlds for visualizing and exploring multivariate relations. It is guided by user-specified visualization tasks and a rule base of design principles. AutoVisual´s visualization techniques and the visualization tasks it handles are described. Example visualizations AutoVisual has generated for two problem domains are discussed.<>
Keywords :
data visualisation; knowledge based systems; virtual reality; 3D virtual world; AutoVisual; interactive multivariate visualizations; interactive virtual worlds; multivariate relations; n-Vision visualization system; rule based system; user-specified visualization tasks; visualization techniques; Costs; Data visualization; Displays; Graphics; Hardware; Knowledge based systems; Process design; Relational databases; Space exploration; Visual databases;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
