Visualization of Time-Oriented Data

• Main Authors: Aigner, Wolfgang (Author), Miksch, Silvia (Author), Schumann, Heidrun (Author), Tominski, Christian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Human-Computer Interaction Series,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Image processing.; Application software.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Computer Applications.

Time is an exceptional dimension that is common to many application domains such as medicine, engineering, business, science, biography, history, planning, or project management. Understanding time-oriented data enables us to learn from the past in order to predict, plan, and build the future. Due t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Historical Background
• Time & Time-Oriented Data.-Visualization Aspects
• Interaction Support
• Analytical Support
• Survey of Visualization Techniques
• Conclusion.