A task based performance evaluation of visualization approaches for categorical data analysis

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 80-89

  Fernstad, Sara Johansson ^a   Johansson, Jimmy ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Categorical Data; Parallel Sets; Quantification; Quantitative Evaluation; Usability Studies

Indexed keywords

CATEGORICAL DATA; PARALLEL SETS; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; USABILITY STUDIES;

DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 80052973911     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IV.2011.92     Document Type: Conference Paper

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