Coordinated and multiple views for exploration of document maps

• Grant number: 07/04241-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2007
• End date: November 30, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Principal Investigator: Rosane Minghim
• Grantee: Danilo Medeiros Eler
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This work proposes the extension of a framework for visual mining of text collections developed in the last three years within a larger information visualization project. The approach adopted thus far includes, among other tools, building visualizations that map text data sets onto a 2D plane using multidimensional or distance based projections or point placement via similarity trees. A basic system already exists that offers a complete set of tools for building such maps. However it is almost universely agreed in the visualization community that only having multiple visions of a certain data set is not enough to allow full exploration of complex data sets. It is necessary to have a consistent means to coordinate such views. In the case of text mappings there is very little done in terms of coordinating visualizations, particularly where mining strategies are involved (for instace, for topic extraction) as in our case. This project targets at the development of a methodology for coordination between multiples views of document maps in the context of visual mining, its implementation in the framework currently under development (the Projection Explorer - PEx), and its evaluation concerning a number of data sets and general users.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BACKES, ANDRE RICARDO; ELER, DANILO MEDEIROS; MINGHIM, ROSANE; BRUNO, ODEMIR MARTINEZ; BLOCH, I; CESAR, RM. Characterizing 3D Shapes Using Fractal Dimension. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 6419, p. 3-pg., 2010-01-01. (07/04241-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ELER, Danilo Medeiros. Coordinated and multiple views for exploration of similarity maps. 2011. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.