Enhancement of a periodic table and generic visualization methods

  • Authors:
  • Boris B. Leontyev

  • Affiliations:
  • National University of Rwanda, Rwanda, Afrique Centrale

  • Venue:
  • CATE '07 Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Paper aimed to streamline engineering of visualizations, it analyzes state of visualization studies and its implications for technology-based education. To formalize procedures of visualizations' development a three-layer architecture proposed. To classify visualizations numerically from technical point of view signature, including two new criteria, based on complexity of visualization for groups and Abstract Data Types with number of commands for periods, were introduced and defined. New subject areas for visualizations were covered, software tools and environments analyzed, tested and selected, generic ADTs discriminated. Result of use of interface program between ADTs and geometric programming language implementation of a visualization was given as example. Three representative visualizations with seven defined attributes were given as case studies of application of developed techniques. New tools can put visualization methods unequivocally into proper boxes in a periodic table of visualization methods, define it with greater precision, enhance it as well as visualization methods themselves.