TexTonic: Interactive Visualization for Exploration and discovery of Very Large Text Collections

Paul, Celeste; Chang, Jessica; Endert, Alexander; Cramer, Nicholas O.; Gillen, David S.; Hampton, Shawn D.; Burtner, Edwin R.; Perko, Ralph J.; Cook, Kris A.

doi:10.1177/1473871618785390

TexTonic: Interactive Visualization for Exploration and discovery of Very Large Text Collections

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Information Visualization

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/1473871618785390· OSTI ID:1576230

Paul, Celeste ^[1]; Chang, Jessica ^[1]; Endert, Alexander ^[2]; Cramer, Nicholas O. ^[3]; ^[3]; Hampton, Shawn D. ^[3]; ^[3]; Perko, Ralph J. ^[3]; Cook, Kris A. ^[4]

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Georgia Institute of Technology
BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

TexTonic is a visual analytic system for interactive exploration of very large unstructured text collections. TexTonic visualizes hierarchical clusters of representative terms, snippets, and documents in a single, multi-scale spatial layout. Exploration is supported by interacting with the visualization and directly manipulating the terms in the visualization using semantic interactions. These semantic interactions steer the underlying analytic model by translating user interactions within the visualization to contextual updates to the supporting data model. The combination of semantic interactions and information visualization at multiple levels of the data hierarchy helps users manage information overload so that they can more effectively explore very large text collections. In this paper we describe TexTonic’s data processing and analytic pipeline, user interface and interaction design principles, and the results of a user study conducted mid-development with experienced data analysts. We also discuss the implications TexTonic could have on visual exploration and discovery tasks

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1576230

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-124019

Journal Information:: Information Visualization, Journal Name: Information Visualization Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 18

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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