Interactive Visual Analysis in Engineering: A Survey

Zoltan Konyha, Kresimir Matkovic, Helwig Hauser

INPROCEEDINGS, Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG 2009), apr, 2009

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Abstract

Interactive visual analysis has become a very popular research field. There is a significant body of literature on making sense of massive data sets, on visualization and interaction techniques as well as on analysis concepts. However, surveying how those results can be applied to actual engineering problems, including both product and manufacturing design as well as evaluation of simulation and measurement data, has not been discussed sufficiently to date. In this paper we provide a selection of demonstration cases that document the potential benefits of using interactive visual analysis in a wide range of engineering domains, including the investigation of flow and particle dynamics, automotive engine design tasks and change management in the product design process. We attempt to identify some of the proven technological details such as the linking of space-time and attribute views through an application-wide coherent selection mechanism. This paper might be an interesting survey for readers with a relation to the engineering sector, both reflecting on available technological building blocks for interactive visual data analysis as well as exemplifying the potential benefits on behalf of the application side.

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Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG 2009)

• Pages: 31–38
• Location: Budmerice, Slovakia
• Date: apr 2009
• URL: http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2009/Konyha_2009_survey/

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{konyha09iva,
  title =      "Interactive Visual Analysis in Engineering: A Survey",
  author =     "Zoltan Konyha and Kresimir Matkovic and Helwig Hauser",
  year =       "2009",
  abstract =   "Interactive visual analysis has become a very popular
               research field. There is a significant body of literature on
               making sense of massive data sets, on visualization and
               interaction techniques as well as on analysis concepts.
               However, surveying how those results can be applied to
               actual engineering problems, including both product and
               manufacturing design as well as evaluation of simulation and
               measurement data, has not been discussed sufficiently to
               date. In this paper we provide a selection of demonstration
               cases that document the potential benefits of using
               interactive visual analysis in a wide range of engineering
               domains, including the investigation of flow and particle
               dynamics, automotive engine design tasks and change
               management in the product design process. We attempt to
               identify some of the proven technological details such as
               the linking of space-time and attribute views through an
               application-wide coherent selection mechanism. This paper
               might be an interesting survey for readers with a relation
               to the engineering sector, both reflecting on available
               technological building blocks for interactive visual data
               analysis as well as exemplifying the potential benefits on
               behalf of the application side.",
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG 2009)},
  pages =      "31--38",
  month =      apr,
  location =   "Budmerice, Slovakia",


  URL = "http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2009/Konyha_2009_survey/",
}