VISUAL ANALYSIS OF MULTILAYER NETWORKS

✍ Scribed by FINTAN;RENOUST BENJAMIN;ARCHAMBAULT DANIE MCGEE

• Publisher: MORGAN & CLAYPOOL PUBLISH
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 152
• Series: Synthesis Lectures on Visualization
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Figure Credits
Introduction and Overview
Introduction
An Introduction to Multilayer Network Concepts
A More Formal Definition of Multilayer Networks
More Advanced Multilayer Network Concepts
Why the Visualization of Multilayer Networks is Important
The Ubiquity of Multilayer Networks
Handling Additional Complexity
New Challenges and Opportunities in Visualization
Book Motivation and Structure
Who is This Book for?
The Goals of This Book
Book Structure
Multilayer Networks Across Domains
The Emergence of Multilayer Networks
Related Network Visualization Concepts
k-Partite Graphs
Multivariate Graphs
Dynamic Graphs
Multilayer Networks in Application Domains
Life Sciences
Social Sciences
Economics and Finance
Sustainability
Digital Humanities and Multimedia
Infrastructure and Engineering
Data Sets Across Domains
Chapter Summary
The Layer as an Entity
Modeling Layers
Layers as Real Entities of the Network
Defining Layers
Aspects
Visualizing and Manipulating Layers
Layer Analysis and Visualization
Models of Layers
Layer Comparison and Overview
Challenges and Opportunities
Modeling of Real-World Concepts from the Data
Creative Definition of Layers
Analytical Generation of Layers
Summary Visual Comparison Across Layers
The Aspect as an Entity
Task Taxonomy for Multilayer Networks
Taxonomy of Multilayer Network Tasks
Task Category A – Entity Connectivity Across Layers
Task Category B – Entity Comparison Across Layers
Task Category C – Layer Structure Manipulations
Task Category D – Layer Comparisons
Related Tasks Taxonomies in Visualization
Challenges and Opportunities
Tasks for Defining an Initial Layering
Consideration of Other Taxonomies
Visualization of Nodes and Relationships Across Layers
Matrix-Based Visualizations
1D Node-Link Representations
Linear Node-Link Representations
Circular Representations
2D Layers with Node-Link Representations
Juxtaposition vs. Superposition of 2D Visualizations
3D and Immersive Node-Link Representations
Edge Visualization
Challenges and Opportunities
Matrix Visualization Approaches
Hybrid Approaches
Immersive Visualization
Edge Routing
Encoding of Entities
Other Complex Network Visualization Approaches
Dynamic and Temporal Layering
Interacting with and Analyzing Multilayer Networks
Interaction Approaches
Layer-Level Interactions
Node-Level and Link-Level Interactions
Multilayer Analytics
Challenges and Opportunities
Interactive Querying and Layer Definition
Merging, Splitting, Projecting, and Transforming Layers as Interactions
Interactive Layer Comparison
Exploitation of Existing Multilayer Analysis Techniques
Attribute Visualization and Multilayer Networks
Numeric Attributes
Categorical Attributes
Temporal Attributes
Network-Associated Metrics as Attributes
Challenges and Opportunities
Mixed Attributes Across Multiple Layers
Multilayer Network Centralities as Attributes
Novel Alternative Representations
Multilayer Network Embeddings
Evaluation of Multilayer Network Visualization Systems and Techniques
Overview of Existing Evaluation Studies
Overview of Relevant Psychological Research
Recommendations for the Design of Multilayer Networks Visualizations
Challenges and Opportunities
Conclusions
Bibliography
Authors' Biographies
List of Figures
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