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Visualizing Network Data
March 1995 (vol. 1 no. 1)
pp. 16-28
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Richard A. Becker, Stephen G. Eick, Allan R. Wilks, "Visualizing Network Data," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 16-28, March, 1995.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/2945.468391,
author = {Richard A. Becker and Stephen G. Eick and Allan R. Wilks},
title = {Visualizing Network Data},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
volume = {1},
number = {1},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {1995},
pages = {16-28},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/2945.468391},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
TI - Visualizing Network Data
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SN - 1077-2626
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EPD - 16-28
A1 - Richard A. Becker,
A1 - Stephen G. Eick,
A1 - Allan R. Wilks,
PY - 1995
KW - Network visualization
KW - parameter focusing
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KW - interactive graphics
KW - data analysis
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Abstract—Networks are critical to modern society, and a thorough understanding of how they behave is crucial to their efficient operation. Fortunately, data on networks is plentiful; by visualizing this data, it is possible to greatly improve our understanding. Our focus is on visualizing the data associated with a network and not on simply visualizing the structure of the network itself. We begin with three static network displays; two of these use geographical relationships, while the third is a matrix arrangement that gives equal emphasis to all network links. Static displays can be swamped with large amounts of data; hence we introduce direct-manipulation techniques that permit the graphs to continue to reveal relationships in the context of much more data. In effect, the static displays are parameterized so that interesting views may easily be discovered interactively. The software to carry out this network visualization is called SeeNet.

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Index Terms:
Network visualization, parameter focusing, network data analysis, interactive graphics, data analysis, direct manipulation.
Citation:
Richard A. Becker, Stephen G. Eick, Allan R. Wilks, "Visualizing Network Data," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 16-28, March 1995, doi:10.1109/2945.468391
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