As the volume of information surges, it becomes increasingly difficult to rescue interesting and thought-provoking concepts from among the undifferentiated flood of words and images. The use of automated methods and tools to encourage and/or confirm new ideas by analyzing bulk information can help individuals and organizations to uncover heretofore unsuspected patterns and connections.
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Information Visualization is not simply about producing simple charts and graphs from various data sets. The representations that fit in this category must be dynamic and interactive, or the tool must provide specific visual data analysis features to qualify for this category.
This category contains software and techniques for constructing interactive graphical representations of domains of knowledge.
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Information Visualization is not simply about producing simple charts and graphs from various data sets. The representations that fit in this category must be dynamic and interactive, or the tool must provide specific visual data analysis features to qualify for this category.
Just as data mining techniques provide researchers with an automated method of gleaning unsuspected knowledge from structured electronic data (databases), parallel techniques are being developed to detect patterns and connections in unstructured electronic data (email, documents, websites). Text mining is in its infancy, but it offers hope for conquering the growing knowledge glut.