@inproceedings{870e5de4d98b484b92f96522543fd351,
title = "Visualizing the evolution of module workflows",
abstract = "Module workflows are used to generate custom applications with modular software frameworks. They describe data flow between the modular components and their execution under certain parameter configurations. In many cases, module workflows are modeled in a graphical way by the user. To come up with the final result or to explore multiple solutions, they often undergo many iterations of adaptation. Furthermore, existing workflows may be reused for new applications. We visualize the evolution of module workflows with a focus-and-context approach and visualization techniques for time-dependent data. Our approach provides insight into user behavior and the characteristics of the underlying systems. As our examples show, this can help identify usability issues and indicate options to improve the effectiveness of the system. We demonstrate our approach for module workflows in Vis Trails, a modular visualization system that allows building custom visualizations by combining different modules for processing and visualizing data.",
keywords = "Information visualization, Software visualization, Workflows",
author = "Marcel Hlawatsch and Michael Burch and Fabian Beck and Juliana Freire and Claudio Silva and Daniel Weiskopf",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partially supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology (EXC 310) at the University of Stuttgart. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2015 ; Conference date: 22-07-2015 Through 24-07-2015",
year = "2015",
month = sep,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1109/iV.2015.19",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "40--49",
editor = "Fatma Bouali and John Counsell and Sebastian Kernbach and Bannatyne, {Mark W. McK.} and John Counsell and Pun, {Chi Man} and Marjan Trutschl and Ebad Banissi and Weidong Huang and Gilles Venturini and Chun-Cheng Lin and Anna Ursyn and Remo Burkhard and Urska Cvek and Feng Lin and Wyeld, {Theodor G.} and Zhang, {Jian J.} and Eppler, {Martin J.} and Georges Grinstein and Muhammad Sarfraz and Marchese, {Francis T.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings - Information Visualisation",
}