Framework for Network Visualisation (Un Cadre Pour la Visualisation des Reseaux)

摘要

The programme and findings of the NATO RTO Technical Team IST-059 'A Framework for Network Visualisation' are described in a report divided into nine chapters, supplemented by technical annexes. The team developed a comprehensive framework for network visualisation (Chapter 2); undertook a survey of network visualisation tools and methods (Chapter 3); developed an information-theoretic tool (the hypernode) for network analysis (Chapter 4); defined an interface between the survey and the framework, to aid the identification of visualisation technologies that match a particular domain space and user role (Chapter 5); walked through test cases from different domains to validate the concept and design of the framework and to provide insight into the linkages of Chapter 5 (Chapter 6); sponsored annual workshops in support of the programme (Chapter 7), addressing the following topics of special interest: Social Network Analysis and Visualisation for Public Safety; Visualising Network Information; Network Analysis and Visualisation for Simulation and Prediction; and Visualising Network Dynamics. An unexpected and surprising outcome of the programme's information-theoretic research and conceptual framework development was the observation that together they appear to provide a starting point from which a 'Unified Theory of Networks' may be developed.