This special issue consists of four articles on the evaluation of visual-analytic tools. The articles address these evaluation aspects: synthetic-data-set generation and use, design guidelines, insight characterization and measurement, and tools for capturing users' reasoning during use.
Index Terms:
visual analytics, synthetic data, user reasoning, insight characterization, insight measurement, design guidelines
Citation:
Catherine Plaisant, Georges Grinstein, Jean Scholtz, "Visual-Analytics Evaluation," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 16-17, May/June 2009, doi:10.1109/MCG.2009.56