Introduction to information visualisation

Alan Dix

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36415-0_1

Introduction to information visualisation

Alan Dix^*

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Abstract

This is a short introduction to information visualisation, which is increasingly important in many fields as information expands faster than our ability to comprehend it. Visualisation makes data easier to understand through direct sensory experience (usually visual), as opposed to more linguistic/logical reasoning. This chapter examines reasons for using information visualisation both for professional data analysts and also end-users. It will also look at some of the history of visualisation (going back 4,500 years), classic examples of information visualisations, and some current challenges for visualisation research and practice. Design of effective visualisation requires an appreciation of human perceptual, cognitive and also organisational and social factors, and the chapter discusses some of these factors and the design issues and principles arising from them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information Retrieval Meets Information Visualization - PROMISE Winter School 2012, Revised Tutorial Lectures
Pages	1-27
Number of pages	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36415-0_1
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	Participative Research labOratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Information Systems Evaluation, PROMISE Winter School 2012 - Zinal, Switzerland Duration: 23 Jan 2012 → 27 Jan 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7757 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	Participative Research labOratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Information Systems Evaluation, PROMISE Winter School 2012
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zinal
Period	23/01/12 → 27/01/12

Keywords

HCI
human-computer interaction
information visualisation
visual analytics

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Dix, A. (2013). Introduction to information visualisation. In Information Retrieval Meets Information Visualization - PROMISE Winter School 2012, Revised Tutorial Lectures (pp. 1-27). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7757 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36415-0_1

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Dix, A 2013, Introduction to information visualisation. in Information Retrieval Meets Information Visualization - PROMISE Winter School 2012, Revised Tutorial Lectures. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7757 LNCS, pp. 1-27, Participative Research labOratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Information Systems Evaluation, PROMISE Winter School 2012, Zinal, Switzerland, 23/01/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36415-0_1

Introduction to information visualisation. / Dix, Alan.
Information Retrieval Meets Information Visualization - PROMISE Winter School 2012, Revised Tutorial Lectures. 2013. p. 1-27 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7757 LNCS).

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