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Contents:
1: Introduction
2: Finding Salient Structures
3: Spatial Layout and Graph Drawing Algorithms
4: Information Visualisation Systems and Applications
5: Individual Differences in Visual Navigation
6: Virtual Environments
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1852331364/qid=1136656719/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8467750-5622300?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
This is the first fully integrated book on the emerging discipline of
information visualization, incorporating dynamic examples on an accompanying website to complement the static representations within the book. Its emphasis is on real-world examples and applications of computer-generated/interactive information visualization. Information visualization deals with representing concepts and datain a meaningful way. Depending on the medium used, information can bevisualized in either static (e.g., a graph on a printed page) or dynamic forms. This book is appropriate for courses in information visualization, human-computer interaction, business information technology, and computer graphics.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201596261/104-8467750-5622300?v=glance&n=283155
Mainstream data mining techniques
significantly limit the role of human reasoning and insight. Likewise, in data visualization, the role of computational analysis is
relatively small. The power demonstrated individually by these approaches to knowledge discovery suggests that somehow uniting the
two could lead to increased efficiency and more valuable results. But is this true? How might it be achieved? And what are the
consequences for data-dependent enterprises? Information Visualization in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery is the first book to
ask and answer these thought-provoking questions. It is also the first book to explore the fertile ground of uniting data mining and
data visualization principles in a new set of knowledge discovery techniques. Leading researchers from the fields of data mining,
data visualization, and statistics present findings organized around topics introduced in two recent international knowledge discovery and data mining workshops. Collected and edited by three of the area's most influential figures, these chapters introduce the concepts and components of visualization, detail current efforts to include visualization and user interaction in data mining, and explore the potential for further synthesis of data mining algorithms and data visualization techniques. This incisive, groundbreaking research is sure to wield a strong influence in subsequent efforts in both academic and corporate settings.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558606890/104-8467750-5622300?v=glance&n=283155
This is the first book to combine a strictly scientific approach to human perception with a practical concern for
the rules governing the effective visual presentation of information. Surveying the research of leading psychologists and neurophysiologists, the author isolates key principles at work in vision and perception, and from them, derives specific, effective visualization techniques, suitable for a wide range of scenarios. You can apply these principles in ways to optimize how others perceive visual information-resulting in improved clarity, utility, and persuasiveness. Likewise, you can apply them to your own exploratory data analyses to develop display strategies that make data patterns and their significance easier to discern.
Information Visualization transcends the often-divergent approaches to visualization taken by individual disciplines. It will prove a fascinating, practical resource for anyone who uses graphical presentation as a key to successful analysis and communication: graphic artists, user interface/interaction designers, financial analysts, data miners, and managers faced with information-intensive challenges.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558608192/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/104-8467750-5622300?%5Fencoding=UTF8
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.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1852337893/qid%3D1088358993/sr%3D2-1/ref%3Dsr%5F2%5F1/102-0298427-8128157
This groundbreaking book defines the
emerging field of information visualization and offers the first-ever collection of the classic papers of the discipline, with
introductions and analytical discussions of each topic and paper. The authors' intention is to present papers that focus on the use
of visualization to discover relationships, using interactive graphics to amplify thought. This book is intended for research
professionals in academia and industry; new graduate students and professors who want to begin work in this burgeoning field;
professionals involved in financial data analysis, statistics, and information design; scientific data managers; and professionals
involved in medical, bioinformatics, and other areas.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558605339/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/104-8467750-5622300?%5Fencoding=UTF8
Information visualization is a rapidly growing field that has emerged
from research in human-computer interaction, computer science, graphics, visual design, psychology, and business methods. It is
becoming an increasingly critical component in scientific research, digital libraries, data mining, financial analysis, market
studies, manufacturing production control, and drug discovery. The Craft of Information Visualization: Readings and Reflections
traces the evolution of ideas and innovations within a leading research lab. It collects for the first time 38 of the key papers
from the University of Maryland?Äôs Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), a respected community that has shared many scientific and
commercial successes. Each chapter contains an introduction written by the current director and the founding director of HCIL,
describing the connections between these seminal papers and tracing their innovative histories.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558609156/ref=pd_sim_b_2/104-8467750-5622300?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155
The Web has evolved from HTML quite dramatically over the last few years with revolutionary techniques
for content and structural modeling, including XML (eXtensible Markup Language), RDF (Resource Definition Framework) and Topic Maps.
Compared to HTML, the content of XML documents is enriched with semantic and structural features, and also is completely separated
from its visual appearance. This allows a Web document to be displayed in any desired form. Given such an unrestricted choice, many
companies and end users prefer a graphically rich document appearance with effective visual access to semantic and structural
information. Visualizing the Semantic Web: XML-based Internet and Information Visualization is the first book dealing specifically
with visualization of the Second-Generation Web. It presents the state-of-the-art research in this area and focuses on key topics
such as: * The nature of the Semantic Web and its relationship to Information Visualization * Visualization of semantic and
structural information and metadata * Ontology-based and Topic Maps visualizations * Visual interfaces for retrieving, browsing and
mapping semantic information * SVG/X3D as new visualization techniques for the semantic web * Methods used to construct high quality
metadata / metadata taxonomies * Recommender systems, interface issues related to filtering and recommending on the Web * A
comparative analysis of web services and the semantic web * Semantic-oriented use of existing visualization methods * Semantically
enhanced solutions for the medical community The design of semantically and graphically enriched interfaces for e-commerce and
information retrieval and presentation is currently a challenging area of practical Web development. Most of the techniques and
methods discussed can be applied now, making this book essential reading for visualization researchers as well as XML and Web
developers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1852339764/qid=1136656700/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8467750-5622300?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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