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Analysing Interactivity in Information Visualisation

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Modern information visualisation systems do not only support interactivity but also increasingly complex problem solving. In this study we compare two interactive information visualisation systems: VisuExplore and Gravi++. By analysing logfiles we were able to identify sets of activities and interaction patterns users followed while working with these systems. These patterns are an indication of strategies users adopt to find solutions. Identifying such patterns may help in improving the design of future information visualisation systems.

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Acknowledgements

This work is conducted in the context of the CVAST—Centre of Visual Analytics Science and Technology project. It is funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth in the exceptional Laura Bassi Centres of Excellence initiative. Furthermore, this work was supported by the Bridge program of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (project no. 814316) and conducted in cooperation with Danube University Krems, Vienna University of Technology, NÖ Landeskliniken-Holding, Landesklinikum Krems, NÖGUS, systema Human Information Systems.

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    Margit Pohl & Sylvia Wiltner

  2. Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Silvia Miksch, Wolfgang Aigner & Alexander Rind

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Pohl, M., Wiltner, S., Miksch, S. et al. Analysing Interactivity in Information Visualisation. Künstl Intell 26, 151–159 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-012-0167-6

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