Comparison of open source visual analytics toolkits

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8294, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Harger, John R ^a,b   Crossno, Patricia J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Evaluation; Open source; Toolkits; Visual Analytics

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON; EVALUATION; OPEN SOURCES; TOOLKITS; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84856978390     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.911901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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