Extending the utility of treemaps with flexible hierarchy
| Title | Extending the utility of treemaps with flexible hierarchy |
| Publication Type | Conference Papers |
| Year of Publication | 2004 |
| Authors | Chintalapani G, Plaisant C, Shneiderman B |
| Conference Name | Eighth International Conference on Information Visualisation, 2004. IV 2004. Proceedings |
| Date Published | 2004/07/14/16 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISBN Number | 0-7695-2177-0 |
| Keywords | 2D displays, Computer displays, Computer science, data visualisation, Data visualization, Educational institutions, flexible hierarchy, graphical user interface, Graphical user interfaces, hierarchical information, Nominations and elections, Switches, Tree data structures, Tree graphs, Treemap 4.0, Two dimensional displays, usability, visualization technique |
| Abstract | Treemaps are a visualization technique for presenting hierarchical information on two-dimensional displays. Prior implementations limit the visualization to pre-defined static hierarchies. Flexible hierarchy, a new capability of Treemap 4.0, enables users to define various hierarchies through dynamically selecting a series of data attributes so that they can discover patterns, clusters and outliers. This work describes the design and implementation issues of flexible hierarchy. It then reports on a usability study, which led to enhancements to the interface. |
| DOI | 10.1109/IV.2004.1320166 |