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Interactive Visualization of Search Results of Large Document Sets

Anderson, James D.
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5154-7725
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1547048073451373

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2018, Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE), Wright State University, Computer Engineering.
When presented with many search results, finding information or patterns within the data poses a challenge. This thesis presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a visualization enabling users to browse through voluminous information and comprehend the data. Implemented with the JavaScript library Data Driven Documents (D3), the visualization represents the search as clusters of similar documents grouped into bubbles with the contents depicted as word-clouds. Highly interactive features such as touch gestures and intuitive menu actions allow for expeditious exploration of the search results. Other features include drag-and-drop functionality for articles among bubbles, merging nodes, and refining the search by selecting specific terms or articles to receive more similar results. A user study consisting of a survey questionnaire and user tracking data demonstrated that in comparison to a standard text-browser for viewing search results, the visualization performs commensurate or better on most metrics.
Thomas Wischgoll, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Michael Raymer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Gallagher, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
70 p.
Computer Engineering; Computer Science
search result visualization; graphical search browser; document clustering; semantic hashing; web-based visualization

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  • Anderson, J. D. (2018). Interactive Visualization of Search Results of Large Document Sets [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1547048073451373

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Anderson, James. Interactive Visualization of Search Results of Large Document Sets. 2018. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1547048073451373.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Anderson, James. "Interactive Visualization of Search Results of Large Document Sets." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1547048073451373

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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