Comparison of NodeLink and Hierarchical Edge Bundling Layouts: A User Study

Visualization and Monitoring of Network Traffic

计算机科学;物理学

Alexandru Telea1 ; Ozan Ersoy1 ; Hessel Hoogendorp1 ; Dennie Reniers 2

PID  :  82129

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

Visually investigating large networklike structures is a challengingtask. Several approaches have been proposed in the past: nodelink diagrams, adjacency matrices, and, more recently, hierarchical edge bundles. We present a recent experiment that compares the effectiveness of the classical nodelink diagrams with the more recent hierarchical bundled edges. The users involved several computer science practitioners, the data ranged from graphs of several hundreds to several tens of hundreds of nodes, the tasks involved answering a number of structural overview as well as detailed questions involved system de