Interactive horizon graphs: Improving the compact visualization of multiple time series

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3217-3226

  Perin, Charles ^a   Vernier, Frédéric ^a   Fekete, Jean Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Horizon graphs; Time series; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ERROR MAGNITUDE; EVALUATION; HORIZON GRAPHS; MULTIPLE TIME SERIES; PAN AND ZOOMS; SMALL MULTIPLES; SMALL SCALE; USER STUDY;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES; VISUALIZATION;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 84877968859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2466441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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