Title
Layered TimeRadarTrees
Abstract
We introduce a novel technique for visualizing dense time-varying directed and weighted multi-graphs with an additional hierarchical organization of the graph nodes. Combining Indented Tree Plots and TimeRadarTrees, we show the temporal evolution of relations in a static view. The graph edges are layered around thumbnail wheels consisting of color-coded sectors that are representatives of the graph nodes. These sectors generate implicit representations of graph edges. Start and target vertices are perceived by inspecting the color coding of sectors in the context of other sectors and their orientations. The technique puts emphasis on newer relations and hence, these are mapped to a larger display space in the radial diagram. The benefit of our technique is reduction of visual clutter from which node-link diagrams typically suffer. The visualization focuses on an easy exploration of trends, countertrends, periodicity, temporal shifts, and anomalies in time-varying relational data. We demonstrate the usefulness of the approach by applying it to dense dynamic graph data acquired from a soccer match of the 2D Soccer Simulation League.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/IV.2011.93
IV
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
novel technique,relational data,graph edge,Combining Indented Tree Plots,Soccer Simulation League,dense time-varying,Layered TimeRadarTrees,temporal evolution,dense dynamic graph data,temporal shift,graph node
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Burch1406.06
Markus Hoferlin2382.32
Daniel Weiskopf32988204.30