Refinery: Visual Exploration of Large, Heterogeneous Networks through Associative Browsing

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 301 - 310
• Main Authors: Kairam, S., Riche, N. H., Drucker, S., Fernandez, R., Heer, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Analysis; Associative; Browsing; Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); Computer graphics; Exploration; Guidelines; H.3.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Information Search and Retrieval; H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces; Information management; Networks; Query processing; Refineries; Strategy; Studies; Visualization

Browsing is a fundamental aspect of exploratory information‐seeking. Associative browsing represents a common and intuitive set of exploratory strategies in which users step iteratively from familiar to novel bits of information. In this paper, we examine associative browsing as a strategy for botto...