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Network visualization : a review
journal contribution
posted on 2008-11-05, 16:21 authored by Mark S. Withall, Iain PhillipsIain Phillips, David ParishAs communication networks increase in performance and complexity, and more de-
pendence is placed upon them, it becomes ever more important that their behaviour
is understood in an efficient and timely manner. Visualisation is an established tech-
nique for the presentation of the vast volume of data yielded in monitoring such
networks. It is apparent, however, that much of the work in this area has been per-
formed in isolation, and it is timely that a review of this research is conducted. This
paper surveys the techniques for the visualisation of communication networks and re-
lated measurements. The research is classified by the type of visualisation used, and
is separated into three classes: geographic visualisations, where the data is presented
with respect to the physical location of nodes in the network; abstract topological
visualisations, where the relationships between nodes are presented independently of physical location; and plot-based visualisation, where the focus is a single point in the
network, often presented with respect to time. The research in this area is reviewed
and the techniques proposed are discussed in terms of the three classes.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Computer Science
Citation
WITHALL, M., PHILLIPS, I. and PARISH, D., 2007. Network visualization : a review. IET Communications, 1 (3), pp. 365-372 [doi:10.1049/iet-com:20060169]Publisher
© Institution of Engineering and TechnologyPublication date
2007Notes
This article was published in the journal, IET Communications [© Institution of Engineering and Technology] and the definitive version is available at: http://www.ietdl.org/IET-COMISSN
1751-8628;1751-8636Language
- en