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Term-Specific Eigenvector-Centrality in Multi-Relation Networks
Fuzzy matching and ranking are two information retrieval techniques widely used in web search. Their application to structured data, however, remains an open problem. This article investigates how eigenvector-centrality can be used for approximate matching in multi-relation graphs, that is, graphs where connections of many different types may exist. Based on an extension of the PageRank matrix, eigenvectors representing the distribution of a term after propagating term weights between related data items are computed. The result is an index which takes the document structure into account and can be used with standard document retrieval techniques. As the scheme takes the shape of an index transformation, all necessary calculations are performed during index tim
Challenges in Bridging Social Semantics and Formal Semantics on the Web
This paper describes several results of Wimmics, a research lab which names
stands for: web-instrumented man-machine interactions, communities, and
semantics. The approaches introduced here rely on graph-oriented knowledge
representation, reasoning and operationalization to model and support actors,
actions and interactions in web-based epistemic communities. The re-search
results are applied to support and foster interactions in online communities
and manage their resources
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You can't always sketch what you want: Understanding Sensemaking in Visual Query Systems
Visual query systems (VQSs) empower users to interactively search for line
charts with desired visual patterns, typically specified using intuitive
sketch-based interfaces. Despite decades of past work on VQSs, these efforts
have not translated to adoption in practice, possibly because VQSs are largely
evaluated in unrealistic lab-based settings. To remedy this gap in adoption, we
collaborated with experts from three diverse domains---astronomy, genetics, and
material science---via a year-long user-centered design process to develop a
VQS that supports their workflow and analytical needs, and evaluate how VQSs
can be used in practice. Our study results reveal that ad-hoc sketch-only
querying is not as commonly used as prior work suggests, since analysts are
often unable to precisely express their patterns of interest. In addition, we
characterize three essential sensemaking processes supported by our enhanced
VQS. We discover that participants employ all three processes, but in different
proportions, depending on the analytical needs in each domain. Our findings
suggest that all three sensemaking processes must be integrated in order to
make future VQSs useful for a wide range of analytical inquiries.Comment: Accepted for presentation at IEEE VAST 2019, to be held October 20-25
in Vancouver, Canada. Paper will also be published in a special issue of IEEE
Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) IEEE VIS
(InfoVis/VAST/SciVis) 2019 ACM 2012 CCS - Human-centered computing,
Visualization, Visualization design and evaluation method
Connecting the dots: a multi-pivot approach to data exploration
The purpose of data browsers is to help users identify and query data effectively without being overwhelmed by large complex graphs of data. A proposed solution to identify and query data in graph-based datasets is Pivoting (or set-oriented browsing), a many-to-many graph browsing technique that allows users to navigate the graph by starting from a set of instances followed by navigation through common links. Relying solely on navigation, however, makes it difficult for users to find paths or even see if the element of interest is in the graph when the points of interest may be many vertices apart. Further challenges include finding paths which require combinations of forward and backward links in order to make the necessary connections which further adds to the complexity of pivoting. In order to mitigate the effects of these problems and enhance the strengths of pivoting we present a multi-pivot approach which we embodied in tool called Visor. Visor allows users to explore from multiple points in the graph, helping users connect key points of interest in the graph on the conceptual level, visually occluding the remainder parts of the graph, thus helping create a road-map for navigation. We carried out an user study to demonstrate the viability of our approach
Multi Visualization and Dynamic Query for Effective Exploration of Semantic Data
Semantic formalisms represent content in a uniform way according to ontologies. This enables manipulation and reasoning via automated means (e.g. Semantic Web services), but limits the user’s ability to explore the semantic data from a point of view that originates from knowledge representation motivations. We show how, for user consumption, a visualization of semantic data according to some easily graspable dimensions (e.g. space and time) provides effective sense-making of data. In this paper, we look holistically at the interaction between users and semantic data, and propose multiple visualization strategies and dynamic filters to support the exploration of semantic-rich data.
We discuss a user evaluation and how interaction challenges could be overcome to create an effective user-centred framework for the visualization and manipulation of semantic data. The approach has been implemented and evaluated on a real company archive
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