Graphical perception of multiple time series

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 927-934

  Javed, Waqas ^a   McDonnel, Bryan ^a   Elmqvist, Niklas ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

braided graphs; design guidelines; evaluation; horizon graphs; Line graphs; small multiples; stacked graphs

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED GRAPHS; DESIGN GUIDELINES; EVALUATION; HORIZON GRAPHS; LINE GRAPH; SMALL MULTIPLES; STACKED GRAPHS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; TIME SERIES; VISUALIZATION;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149266606     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2010.162     Document Type: Article

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