Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX

Björn Zimmer; Andreas Kerren

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27261-0_21

Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX

Björn Zimmer, Andreas Kerren

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Abstract

The visual analysis of complex networks is a challenging task in many fields, such as systems biology or social sciences. Often, various domain experts work together to improve the analysis time or the quality of the analysis results. Collaborative visualization tools can facilitate the analysis process in such situations. We propose a new web-based visualization environment which supports distributed, synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. In addition to standard collaboration features like event tracking or synchronizing, our client/server-based system provides a rich set of visualization and interaction techniques for better navigation and overview of the input network. Changes made by specific analysts or even just visited network elements are highlighted on demand by heat maps. They enable us to visualize user behavior data without affecting the original graph visualization. We evaluate the usability of the heat map approach against two alternatives in a user experiment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Emilio Di Giacomo, Anna Lubiw
Publisher	Springer
Pages	247-259
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319272603
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27261-0_21
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	23rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing & Network Visualization - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 24 Sept 2015 → 26 Sept 2015 http://www.csun.edu/gd2015/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9411
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	23rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing & Network Visualization
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	24.09.2015 → 26.09.2015
Internet address	http://www.csun.edu/gd2015/

Keywords

Information visualization
graph drawing
network exploration
interaction
HCI
CSCW
biological networks
heat maps
Interaction
Network exploration
Graph drawing
Biological networks
Heat maps

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Zimmer, B., & Kerren, A. (2015). Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX. In E. Di Giacomo, & A. Lubiw (Eds.), Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 247-259). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9411). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27261-0_21

Zimmer, Björn ; Kerren, Andreas. / Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Emilio Di Giacomo ; Anna Lubiw. Springer, 2015. pp. 247-259 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Zimmer, B & Kerren, A 2015, Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX. in E Di Giacomo & A Lubiw (eds), Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9411, Springer, pp. 247-259, 23rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing & Network Visualization, Los Angeles, United States, 24.09.2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27261-0_21

Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX. / Zimmer, Björn; Kerren, Andreas.
Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Emilio Di Giacomo; Anna Lubiw. Springer, 2015. p. 247-259 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9411).

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Zimmer B, Kerren A. Displaying User Behavior in the Collaborative Graph Visualization System OnGraX. In Di Giacomo E, Lubiw A, editors, Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 2015. p. 247-259. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-27261-0_21

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