DiffAni: Visualizing dynamic graphs with a hybrid of difference maps and animation

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2556-2565

  Rufiange, Sebastien ^a   McGuffin, Michael J ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

animation; difference map; Dynamic networks; evolution; hybrid visualization; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC GRAPH; DYNAMIC NETWORK; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HYBRID APPROACH; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; SMALL MULTIPLES; TIME INTERVAL;

COMMERCE; TAXONOMIES; VISUALIZATION;

ANIMATION;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SOFTWARE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84886652915     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2013.149     Document Type: Article

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