GUESS: a language and interface for graph exploration (2006)
| Venue: | IN CHI ’06: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIGCHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN |
| Citations: | 54 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Adar06guess:a,
author = {Eytan Adar},
title = {GUESS: a language and interface for graph exploration},
booktitle = {IN CHI ’06: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIGCHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN},
year = {2006},
publisher = {}
}
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Abstract
As graph models are applied to more widely varying fields, researchers struggle with tools for exploring and analyzing these structures. We describe GUESS, a novel system for graph exploration that combines an interpreted language with a graphical front end that allows researchers to rapidly prototype and deploy new visualizations. GUESS also contains a novel, interactive interpreter that connects the language and interface in a way that facilities exploratory visualization tasks. Our language, Gython, is a domain-specific embedded language which provides all the advantages of Python with new, graph specific operators, primitives, and shortcuts. We highlight key aspects of the system in the context of a large user survey and specific, real-world, case studies ranging from social and knowledge networks to distributed computer network analysis.
