Extending the Utility of Treemaps with Flexible Hierarchy

Authors:
Gouthami Chintalapani;Catherine Plaisant;Ben Shneiderman
Affiliations:
University of Maryland, College Park;University of Maryland, College Park;University of Maryland, College Park
Venue:
IV '04 Proceedings of the Information Visualisation, Eighth International Conference
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Treemaps are a visualization technique for presenting hierarchical information on two-dimensional displays. Prior implementations limit the visualization to pre-defined static hierarchies. Flexible hierarchy, a new capability of Treemap 4.0, enables users to define various hierarchies through dynamically selecting a series of data attributes so that they can discover patterns, clusters and outliers. This paper describes the design and implementation issues of flexible hierarchy. It then reports on a usability study, which led to enhancements to the interface.