Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization
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This book provides a review of the state of the art in computer graphics, visualization, and visual analytics by researchers and developers who are closely involved in pioneering the latest advances in the field. It is a unique presentation of multi-disciplinary aspects in visualization and visual analytics, architecture and displays, augmented reality, the use of color, user interfaces and cognitive aspects, and technology transfer. It provides readers with insights into the latest developments in areas such as new displays and new display processors, new collaboration technologies, the role of visual, multimedia, and multimodal user interfaces, visual analysis at extreme scale, and adaptive visualization.Version
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Dill J, Earnshaw RA, Kasik D, Vince JA and Wong PC (Eds.)(2012) Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization. London: Springer-Verlag.Link to Version of Record
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