Paper Info
Title
User evaluation of polymetric views using a large visualization wall
Abstract
There are few visualization techniques for displaying complex software systems with large numbers of packages and classes. One visualization technique is the System Hotspots View, whose effectiveness has yet to be validated by any empirical studies. We have conducted a user evaluation to see whether participants of our modified System Hotspots View using a large visualization wall can accurately identify key measurements and comparisons in the underlying software system. The results of our user evaluation indicate that participants were able to effectively use our modified System Hotspots View to explore the example domain: version 1.6 of the Java API. Our observations also indicate that there are issues around interacting with the visualization wall.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1879211.1879218
SOFTVIS
Keywords
Field
DocType
large visualization wall,visualization wall,java api,modified system hotspots view,complex software system,large number,user evaluation,underlying software system,visualization technique,polymetric view,system hotspots view,software systems,software visualization,empirical study
Information visualization,Computer science,Visualization,Information visualization reference model,Visual analytics,Software system,Human–computer interaction,Software visualization,Java,Creative visualization
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
16
0.63
15
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Craig Anslow114025.77
Stuart Marshall230123.77
James Noble31683163.52
Ewan D. Tempero485373.68
Robert Biddle543126.80