Information Visualization

 
 Editor
Mario Pérez-Montoro 
 Incorporated contributions
Pérez-Montoro (18/11/2009)
 Usage domain
Research and practice
 Type
Concept
 French
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Information Visualization is the discipline that deals with the visual representation of propositional content by using charts, graphs and diagrams in order to facilitate the apprehension, interpretation, transformation and communication of those contents through these visual representations.
 
References
  • Spence, Robert (2000). Information Visualization. Pearson Education. 
  • Chen, Chaomei (1999). Information Visualisation and Virtual Environments. Springer Verlag 
  • Ware, Colin (2000). Information Visualization: Perception for Design. Morgan Kaufmann. 
  • Few, Stephen (2004). Show Me the Numbers. Oakland: Analytics Press. 
  • Few, Stephen (2006). Information Dashboard Design. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly. 
  • Tufte, Edward (1983). The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press. 
  • Tufte, Edward (1990). Envisioning Information. Cheshire, CT:Graphics Press. 
  • Tufte, Edward (1997). Visual Explanations. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press. 
  • Tufte, Edward (2006). Beautiful Evidence. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
How to citte this article:

Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez, Mario (ed.) y Golkhosravi, Mehrad (2010). “Information Visualization”. Díaz Nafría, José María; Pérez-Montoro, Mario y Salto Alemany, Francisco (eds.) (2010). Glossary of concepts, metaphors, theories and problems concerning information. Leon: Universidad de León.
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