RINGS: A Technique for Visualizing Large Hierarchies

Teoh, Soon Tee and Ma, Kwan-Liu (2002) RINGS: A Technique for Visualizing Large Hierarchies. In: Graph Drawing 10th International Symposium, GD 2002, August 26-28, 2002, Irvine, CA, USA , pp. 268-275 (Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36151-0_25).

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Abstract

We present RINGS, a technique for visualizing large trees. We introduce a new ringed circular layout of nodes to make more efficient use of limited display space. RINGS provides the user with the means to specify areas of primary and secondary focus, and is able to show multiple foci without compromising understanding of the graph. The strenght of RINGS is its ability to show more area in focus and more contextual information than existing techniques. We demonstrate the effectiveness of RINGS by applying it to visualization of a Unix file directory.

Item Type:Conference Paper
Additional Information:10.1007/3-540-36151-0_25
Classifications:M Methods > M.900 Tree
S Software and Systems > S.999 Others
P Styles > P.999 Others
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