Understanding Barriers to Network Exploration With Visualization: A Report from the Trenches
Understanding Barriers to Network Exploration With Visualization: A Report from the Trenches
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通过可视化了解网络探索的障碍：来自战壕的报告
DOI：
10.1109/tvcg.2022.3209487
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
AlKadi M
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作者：
AlKadi M
这篇文章报道了一项深入的研究，调查了使用可视化技术进行网络探索的障碍。网络可视化工具正变得越来越流行，但对于分析师如何规划和参与网络数据的可视化探索-他们采用了哪些探索策略，以及他们如何准备数据、定义问题和决定可视化映射-知之甚少。我们的研究包括为期6周的网络探索课程中的一系列研讨会、交互记录和观察。我们的发现揭示了定义分析师网络可视化方法的阶段，以及一些分析师在网络可视化过程中遇到的障碍。这些障碍主要出现在使用特定工具之前，包括定义探索目标、确定相关的网络结构和抽象，或为其网络数据创建适当的可视映射。我们的发现为可视化教育和以分析师为中心的网络可视化工具设计的未来工作提供了参考。
This article reports on an in-depth study that investigates barriers to network exploration with visualizations. Network visualization tools are becoming increasingly popular, but little is known about how analysts plan and engage in the visual exploration of network data—which exploration strategies they employ, and how they prepare their data, define questions, and decide on visual mappings. Our study involved a series of workshops, interaction logging, and observations from a 6-week network exploration course. Our findings shed light on the stages that define analysts' approaches to network visualization and barriers experienced by some analysts during their network visualization processes. These barriers mainly appear before using a specific tool and include defining exploration goals, identifying relevant network structures and abstractions, or creating appropriate visual mappings for their network data. Our findings inform future work in visualization education and analyst-centered network visualization tool design.