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Visualization Analysis and Design
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Visualization Analysis and Design

by Tamara Munzner
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
428 pages
11h 8m
English
A K Peters/CRC Press
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Chapter 9

Arrange Networks and Trees

9.1 The Big Picture

This chapter covers design choices for arranging network data in space, summarized in Figure 9.1. The node–link diagram family of visual encoding idioms uses the connection channel, where marks represent links rather than nodes. The second major family of network encoding idioms are matrix views that directly show adjacency relationships. Tree structure can be shown with the containment channel, where enclosing link marks show hierarchical relationships through nesting.

Figure 9.1.

Figure Showing design choices for arranging networks.

Design choices for arranging networks.

9.2 Connection: Link Marks

The most common visual encoding idiom for ...

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