This 2nd edition continues the unique and ambitious quest for setting information visualization and virtual environments in a unifying framework. Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon pays special attention to the advances made over the last 5 years and potentially fruitful directions to pursue. It is particularly updated to meet the need for practitioners. The book is a valuable source for researchers and graduate students. This new edition is forwarded by Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland.
Key features:
<UL> <LI>Latest advances in information visualization.</LI> <LI>Applications of information visualization, including knowledge domain visualization, knowledge diffusion, and social networks.</LI> <LI>Detecting topics, emergent trends, and abrupt changes.</LI> <LI>Empirical findings concerning information visualization.</LI> <LI>Virtual environments and collaborative virtual environments.</LI></UL>Chaomei Chen is an Associate Professor in the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He is the author of Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization (Springer, 2003).
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