Interactive Visual Analysis of Families of Surfaces: An Application to Car Race and Car Setup

Kresimir Matkovic, Denis Gracanin, R. Splechtna, Helwig Hauser

INPROCEEDINGS, Proceedings of the Internat. Symp. on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (EuroVAST 2010), 2010

Abstract

Modern simulations often produce time series, or even functions of two variables as outputs for single attributes. Such complex data require carefully chosen and designed analysis procedures and the corresponding data model. The use of previously developed curve and surface views provides strong support for visual exploration and analysis of complex data. In this paper we describe how interactive visual analysis can support users in getting insight into complex data. The case study, based on TORCS 3D racing cars simulator, illustrates our approach and its successful application to a real world problem. The analysis of the car parameters and driving performances during races provides an insight and explanation for race results. That insight is then used to fine-tune car parameters to achieve better driving performance.

Published

Proceedings of the Internat. Symp. on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (EuroVAST 2010)

• Pages: –
• Location: Bordeaux, France

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{matkovic10car,
  title = "Interactive Visual Analysis of Families of Surfaces: An Application to Car Race and Car Setup",
  author = "Kresimir Matkovic and Denis Gracanin and R. Splechtna and Helwig Hauser",
  year = "2010",
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Internat. Symp. on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (EuroVAST 2010)},
  abstract = {Modern simulations often produce time series, or even functions 
of two variables as outputs for single attributes. Such complex data require 
carefully chosen and designed analysis procedures and the corresponding data 
model. The use of previously developed curve and surface views provides strong 
support for visual exploration and analysis of complex data. In this paper we 
describe how interactive visual analysis can support users in getting insight
into complex data. The case study, based on TORCS 3D racing cars simulator, 
illustrates our approach and its successful application to a real world problem. 
The analysis of the car parameters and driving performances during races provides 
an insight and explanation for race results. That insight is then used to fine-tune 
car parameters to achieve better driving performance.},
  pages = {--}, 
  location = "Bordeaux, France",


}