Introduction to Information Visualization

This introduction to the concepts and methods of information visualization illustrates how to pictorially represent structured and unstructured data. The book's focus is on the human aspects of the process, rather than the algorithmic or graphic design.

Information Visualization is a relatively young field that is acquiring more and more concensus in both academic and industrial environments. 'Information Visualization' explores the use of computer-supported interactive graphical representations to explain data and amplify cognition. It provides a means to comunicate ideas or facts about the data, to validate hypotheses, and facilitates the discovery of new facts via exploration.

This book introduces the concepts and methods of Information Visualization in an easy-to-understand way, illustrating how to pictorially represent structured and unstructured data, making it easier to comprehend and interpret. Riccardo Mazza focuses on the human aspects of the process of visualization rather than the algorithmic or graphic design aspects.

Accessible and easy to read Covers techniques specific for the Web and (unlike existing books) techniques for evaluating visualisations Focuses on the human aspects of the process of visualization rather than the algoritmic or graphic design aspects

Inhalt
to Visual Representations.- Creating Visual Representations.- Perception.- Multivariate Analysis.- Networks and Hierarchies.- WorldWideWeb.- Interactions.- Evaluations.