Abstract
Visual analytics is a recent research field for finding
knowledge from data masses. It combines the strengths of
automatic data processing, and the visual perception and
analysis capabilities of the human user. This article
represents a framework for analysis of measurement data
with the help of visual analytics. The framework consists
of a message service platform for collecting and unifying
measurement data, and a visual analytics tool for
analysis. The platform receives data from different types
of measurement devices and transforms the data into
unified format that applications can use through standard
interfaces. With the visual analytics tool users can
analyse the data coming from the platform. The tool shows
data as interactive visualizations, both abstract and
descriptive, and suggests analysis methods to the user.
User performs reasoning by interpreting a series of
consecutive visualizations. The framework frees the
analyst from the time demanding data pre-processing and
makes analysis possible without special skills and
expertise in data analysis. A prototype application to
demonstrate the framework is presented. Examples with
real data show how explanations for building energy
consumption can be reasoned with the help of the visual
analytics tool.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | INFOCOMP 2013: The Third International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation |
Publisher | International Academy, Research, and Industry Association IARIA |
Pages | 49-54 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-61208-310-0 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | 3rd International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation, INFOCOMP 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 17 Nov 2013 → 22 Nov 2013 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation, INFOCOMP 2013 |
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Abbreviated title | INFOCOMP 2013 |
Country | Portugal |
City | Lisbon |
Period | 17/11/13 → 22/11/13 |
Keywords
- visual analytics
- measurement data management
- information visualization