A novel visualization technique for electric power grid analytics

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-423

  Wong, Pak Chung ^a   Schneider, Kevin ^a   MacKey, Patrick ^a   Foote, Harlan ^a   Chin Jr , George ^a   Guttromson, Ross ^a   Thomas, Jim ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Data and knowledge visualization; Information visualization; Visualization techniques and methodologies

Indexed keywords

DATA AND KNOWLEDGE VISUALIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC POWER GRIDS; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURES; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; NORTH AMERICANS; PLANNING AND MONITORING; POWER GRIDS; PROCESSED INFORMATIONS; USABILITY STUDIES; VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POWER GENERATION; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRICITY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 62949213135     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2008.197     Document Type: Article

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