Visualizing Time

Designing Graphical Representations for Statistical Data
2012
ISBN: 978-0-387-77906-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Statistics and Computing

Art, or Science? Which of these is the right way to think of the field of visualization? This is not an easy question to answer, even for those who have many years experience in making graphical depictions of data with a view to help people understand it and take action. In this book, Graham Wills bridges the gap between the art and the science of visually representing data. He does not simply give rules and advice, but bases these on general principles and provide a clear path between them  This book is concerned with the graphical representation of time data and is written to cover a range of different users. A visualization expert designing tools for displaying time will find it valuable, but so also should a financier assembling a report in a spreadsheet, or a medical researcher trying to display gene sequences using a commercial statistical package.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wills, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Informationsvisualisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

History.- Framework.- Designing Visualizations.- Types of Data.- Time as a Coordinate.- Coordinate Systems, Transformations, Faceting, and Axes.- Aesthetics.- Transformations.- Interactivity.- Topics in Time.- Gallery of Figures.

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Wills is Visualization Architect and Principal Software Engineer for SPSS, Inc.