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Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005

Volume 3585 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 950-953

Analytic Worksheets: A Framework to Support Human Analysis of Large Streaming Data Volumes

  • Grace CrowderAffiliated withU.S. Department of Defense
  • , Sterling FosterAffiliated withU.S. Department of Defense
  • , Daniel M. RussellAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center
  • , Malcolm SlaneyAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center
  • , Lisa YanguasAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center

Abstract

Worksheets are a new user-interface framework to support analysis of streaming data by combining streaming data queries with visualization objects in a composable document framework. A worksheet lets users work at human speeds with large quantities of streaming data by creating a persistent, literate, dynamic document that flows data into analysis patterns of filters and visual presentations. The worksheet provides basic support for analysis created, as well as buffering and managing streaming data as it continually arrives.