A comparative evaluation on tree visualization methods for hierarchical structures with large fan-outs

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 223-232

  Song, Hyunjoo ^a   Kim, Bohyoung ^a   Lee, Bongshin ^b   Seo, Jinwook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

browsing; evaluation; large fan outs; multi column layout; revisit; topology; tree visualization

Indexed keywords

CHILD NODE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EVALUATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGY TREES; TREE STRUCTURES; TREE VISUALIZATION; USER STUDY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; TOPOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77953995608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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