Multi-focus and multi-window techniques for interactive network exploration

Priya Krishnan Sundarararajan; Ole J. Mengshoel; Ted Selker

doi:10.1117/12.2005659

4 February 2013 Multi-focus and multi-window techniques for interactive network exploration

Priya Krishnan Sundarararajan, Ole J. Mengshoel, Ted Selker

Proceedings Volume 8654, Visualization and Data Analysis 2013; 86540O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005659
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2013, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

Networks analysts often need to compare nodes in different parts of a network. When zoomed to fit a computer screen, the detailed structure and node labels of even a moderately-sized network (say, with 500 nodes) can become invisible or difficult to read. Still, the coarse network structure typically remains visible, and helps orient an analyst’s zooming, scrolling, and panning operations. These operations are very useful when studying details and reading node labels, but in the process of zooming in on one network region, an analyst may lose track of details elsewhere. To address such problems, we present in this paper multi-focus and multi-window techniques that improve interactive exploration of networks. Based on an analyst’s selection of focus nodes, our techniques partition and selectively zoom in on network details, including node labels, close to the focus nodes. Detailed data associated with the zoomed-in nodes can thus be more easily accessed and inspected. The approach enables a user to simultaneously focus on and analyze multiple node neighborhoods while keeping the full network structure in view. We demonstrate our technique by showing how it supports interactive debugging of a Bayesian network model of an electrical power system. In addition, we show that it can simplify visual analysis of an electrical power network as well as a medical Bayesian network.

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Priya Krishnan Sundarararajan, Ole J. Mengshoel, and Ted Selker "Multi-focus and multi-window techniques for interactive network exploration", Proc. SPIE 8654, Visualization and Data Analysis 2013, 86540O (4 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005659

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