Top-down hierarchical planning of coherent visual discourse
Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Turning pictures into numbers: extracting and generating information from complex visualizations
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Empirical evaluation of information visualizations
Metrics for effective information visualization
INFOVIS '97 Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '97)
VisFlowConnect: netflow visualizations of link relationships for security situational awareness
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM workshop on Visualization and data mining for computer security
NVisionIP: netflow visualizations of system state for security situational awareness
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM workshop on Visualization and data mining for computer security
Semiology of graphics
Measuring effective data visualization
ISVC'07 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Advances in visual computing - Volume Part II
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In this paper, we present a method for analyzing the complexity of information visualization. We have identified a number of factors that influence the efficiency of visual information read-off and integration. Here the complexity is measured in terms of visual integration, number of separable dimensions for each visual unit, the complexity of interpreting the visual attributes, and the efficiency of visual search. These measures are derived from well established psychological theories. Together they indicate the amount of cognitive load for comprehending a visualization design. This method is particularly useful for developers to quickly evaluate multiple design choices. Finally, we demonstrate our method through a complexity analysis on a computer security visualization program.