Bertin was right: An empirical evaluation of indexing to compare multivariate time-series data using line plots

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-228

  Aigner, W ^a,b   Kainz, C ^b   Ma, R ^b   Miksch, S ^a,b  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

empirical evaluation; indexing; information visualization; line plot; time series

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES; VISUALIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARISON METHODS; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; LINE PLOT; MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES; VISUAL COMPARISON; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84877790416     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2010.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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