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Interactivity and the Dimensionality of Data Displays

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Perceptual Issues in Visualization

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Using mathematical models of data and displays, we illustrate the importance of distinguishing between independent and dependent variables when counting the dimensions of data sets and displays. The number of independent variables occurring as dimensions of a display model is the most important factor determining its information carrying capacity. Independent variables in a display model also require interactive techniques for their implementation, as illustrated by our VIS-AD system and Beshers’ and Feiner’s worlds within worlds technique. Thus interactivity is critical for visually communicating large amounts of information, and the perceptual properties of interaction techniques are an important topic for visualization research.

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  1. Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    William L. Hibbard, Brian E. Paul & Charles R. Dyer

  2. Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    William L. Hibbard

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  1. Department of Computer Science Institute for Visualization and Perception Research, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA

    Georges Grinstein  & Haim Levkowitz  & 

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Hibbard, W.L., Paul, B.E., Dyer, C.R. (1995). Interactivity and the Dimensionality of Data Displays. In: Grinstein, G., Levkowitz, H. (eds) Perceptual Issues in Visualization. IFIP Series on Computer Graphics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79057-7_7

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