Interfaces for understanding multi-agent behavior

Authors:
Pedro Szekely;Craig Milo Rogers;Martin Frank
Affiliations:
Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way #1001, Marina del Rey, CA;Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way #1001, Marina del Rey, CA;Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 4676 Admiralty Way #1001, Marina del Rey, CA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Year:
2001

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Abstract

Synchronized punch-card displaysare an interface technique to visualize tens of thousands of variables by encoding their values as color chips in a rectangular array. Our technique ties multiple such displays to a timeline of events enabling the punch-card displays to show animations of the behavior of complex systems. Punch-card displays not only make it easy to understand the high-level behavior of systems, but also enable users to quickly focus on individual variables and on fine-grained time intervals. This paper describes synchronized punch-card displays and shows how this technique is extremely powerful for understanding the behavior of complex multi-agent systems.