Constellation: a visualization tool for linguistic queries fromMindNet
Munzner, T.
Guimbretiere, F.
Robertson, G.
Stanford Univ., CA;
This paper appears in: Information Visualization, 1999. (Info Vis '99) Proceedings. 1999 IEEE Symposium on
Publication Date: 1999
On page(s): 132-135, 154
Meeting Date: 10/24/1999 - 10/29/1999
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN: 0-7695-0431-0
References Cited: 14
INSPEC Accession Number: 6423215
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/INFVIS.1999.801869
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
Constellation is a visualization system for the results of queries
from the MindNet natural language semantic network. Constellation is
targeted at helping MindNet's creators and users refine their
algorithms, as opposed to understanding the structure of language. We
designed a special-purpose graph layout algorithm which exploits
higher-level structure in addition to the basic node and edge
connectivity. Our layout prioritizes the creation of a semantic space to
encode plausibility instead of traditional graph drawing metrics like
minimizing edge crossings. We make careful use of several perceptual
channels both to minimize the visual impact of edge crossings and to
emphasize highlighted constellations of nodes and edges
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