Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon - Softcover

Chen, Chaomei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184628340X ISBN 13: 9781846283406

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

Information visualization is not only about creating graphical displays of complex and latent information structures. It also contributes to a broader range of cognitive, social, and collaborative activities. This is the first book to examine information visualization from this perspective. This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious quest for setting information visualization and virtual environments in a unifying framework. It pays special attention to the advances made over the last 5 years and potentially fruitful directions to pursue. It is particularly updated to meet the need for practitioners. The book is a valuable source for researchers and graduate students.

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About the Author

Chaomei Chen is a Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University and a Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at Yonsei University. He is the Editor in Chief of Information Visualization and Chief Specialty Editor of Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. His research interests include mapping scientific frontiers, information visualization, visual analytics, and scientometrics. He has designed and developed the widely used CiteSpace visual analytic tool for analyzing patterns and trends in scientific literature. He is the author of several books such as Mapping Scientific Frontiers (Springer), Turning Points (Springer), and The Fitness of Information (Wiley). Min Song is an Underwood Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University. He has extensive experience in research and teaching in text mining and big data analytics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Min has a particular interest in literature-based knowledge discovery in biomedical domains and its extensions to a broader context such as the social media. He is also interested in developing open source text mining software in Java, notably creating the PKDE4J system to support entity and relation extraction for public knowledge discovery.

From the Back Cover

Information visualization is not only about creating graphical displays of complex and latent information structures; it contributes to a broader range of cognitive, social, and collaborative activities. This is the first book to examine information visualization from this perspective. This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious quest for setting information visualization and virtual environments in a unifying framework. Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon pays special attention to the advances made over the last 5 years and potentially fruitful directions to pursue. It is particularly updated to meet the need for practitioners. The book is a valuable source for researchers and graduate students. This new edition is forwarded by Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184628340X
• ISBN 13: 9781846283406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 316