Lesson 5

IS428 Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence

About

Weekly Session

Assignments

Visual Analytics Project

Course Resources

Readings

Core Readings

• Shneiderman, Ben (2008) Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history/)
• Extending the Utility of Treemaps with Flexible Hierarchy

Optional Reading

• Treemaps
• Discovering Business Intelligence Using Treemap Visualization
• 10 Lessons in Treemap Design
• Bederson, Benjamin B.; Shneiderman, Ben; Wattenberg, Martin (2002). "Ordered and quantum treemaps: Making effective use of 2D space to display hierarchies". ACM Transactions on Graphics. 21 (4): 833.
• US Economic Census Treemap
• TreeCovery

Selected examples

• Juice's Stimulus Bill Explorer (http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/juices-stimulus-bill-explorer/) • FundExplorer (http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ii/fundexplorer/) • Map of the Market (http://www.smartmoney.com/map-of-the-market/) • The HIVE Group (http://www.hivegroup.com/gallery/index.html) • Truck Sales Slip, Tripping Up Chrysler (http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/02/25/business/20070225_CHRYSLER_GRAPHIC.html) • Newsmap (http://newsmap.jp/) • Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html)