From Multiple Linked Views to Multiple Linked Analyses: The Meme Media Digital Dashboard

Abstract

We describe a system called the Digital Dashboard that uses multiple linked views of data. All views allow interaction with the visualization results and interaction is done through direct manipulation. The system has been extended to allow new complex data to be generated in analysis components at runtime, e.g. by statistical analysis or data mining of parts of the data. The resulting data can be used in other linked views or analysis components, so when e.g. a data mining parameter is changed, all linked views (or analysis components) are automatically updated as soon as the new calculations are finished, and when something changes in linked components (e.g. a different subset of the data is selected), the calculations are automatically redone (if necessary).

A Visualization-Analytics-Interaction Workflow Framework for Exploratory and Explanatory Search on Geo-located Search Data Using the Meme Media Digital Dashboard

“…In the case of visualization tools, we first consider how an important foundation of such semantically guided top down design first requires a foundation arising from the presentation of multiple linked views (e.g., [18], [15]), as well as interaction and direct manipulation (e.g., [11,18,15,16]) which facilitate the process of visual exploration of data. These techniques provide the bottom up basis for any VAI workflow.…”

“…The Digital Dashboard [18] is an experimental framework for rapidly prototyping systems for visual exploration of data. It provides general methods for direct manipulation which makes interaction intuitive and easy, even for novice users, and all visualization results allow further interaction.…”