Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings

Chao Wen; Kang Zhang; Jie Li; Fanrui Sun

doi:10.1109/SmartCity.2015.150

Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings

Chao Wen, Kang Zhang, Jie Li, Fanrui Sun

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Abstract

Rectangular treemaps divide a rectangle and then its subdivisions in a two-dimensional space, and have high space utilization in visualizing large hierarchical datasets. Most current treemaps, however, do not clearly show the relations between the items of the same level. This paper presents a new layout called concentric rings ordered tree (CROT), which hardly wastes any space and also shows sibling relationships clearly. CROT arranges a tree's different levels as rings with the root at the center growing outward and then the nodes of the same ring in clockwise order. CROT also stacks leaf nodes within their parent node. It uses colors to distinguish different branches of the tree. Through a user evaluation experiment, we discuss the characteristics, advantages and limitations of this new approach and a few innovative ideas as the future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015
Editors	Xingang Liu, Peicheng Wang, Yufeng Wang, Mianxiong Dong, Robert C. H. Hsu, Feng Xia, Yuhui Deng
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	694-701
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509018932
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartCity.2015.150
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015 - Chengdu, China Duration: 19 Dec 2015 → 21 Dec 2015

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Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015
Country/Territory	China
City	Chengdu
Period	19/12/15 → 21/12/15

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Keywords

Big data
Data visualization
Layout
Treemap

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Wen, C., Zhang, K., Li, J., & Sun, F. (2015). Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings. In X. Liu, P. Wang, Y. Wang, M. Dong, R. C. H. Hsu, F. Xia, & Y. Deng (Eds.), Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015 (pp. 694-701). Article 7463804 (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartCity.2015.150

Wen, Chao ; Zhang, Kang ; Li, Jie et al. / Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings. Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015. editor / Xingang Liu ; Peicheng Wang ; Yufeng Wang ; Mianxiong Dong ; Robert C. H. Hsu ; Feng Xia ; Yuhui Deng. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 694-701 (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015).

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Wen, C, Zhang, K, Li, J & Sun, F 2015, Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings. in X Liu, P Wang, Y Wang, M Dong, RCH Hsu, F Xia & Y Deng (eds), Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015., 7463804, Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 694-701, IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Chengdu, China, 19/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartCity.2015.150

Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings. / Wen, Chao; Zhang, Kang; Li, Jie et al.
Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015. ed. / Xingang Liu; Peicheng Wang; Yufeng Wang; Mianxiong Dong; Robert C. H. Hsu; Feng Xia; Yuhui Deng. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 694-701 7463804 (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review

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Wen C, Zhang K, Li J, Sun F. Visualizing big hierarchical datasets on concentric rings. In Liu X, Wang P, Wang Y, Dong M, Hsu RCH, Xia F, Deng Y, editors, Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 694-701. 7463804. (Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015). doi: 10.1109/SmartCity.2015.150

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