A Guide to Visual Multi-Level Interface Design From Synthesis of Empirical Study Evidence

Displaying multiple levels of data visually has been proposed to address the challenge of limited screen space. Although many previous empirical studies have addressed different aspects of this question, the information visualization research community does not currently have a clearly articulated c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lam, Heidi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Munzner, Tamara (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Synthesis Lectures on Visualization,
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Terminology
  • Methodology
  • Summary of Studies
  • Decision 1: Single or Multi-level Interface?
  • Decision 2: How to Create the High-Level Displays?
  • Decision 3: Simultaneous or Temporal Displays of the Multiple Visual Levels
  • Decision 4: How to Spatially Arrange the Visual Levels, Embedded or Separate?
  • Limitations of Study
  • Design Recommendations
  • Discussion and Future Work