An Evaluation of Glyph Perception for Real Symmetric Traceless Tensor Properties
T.J. Jankun-Kelly, Yagneshwara Somayajulu Lanka, and J. Edward Swan II. An Evaluation of Glyph Perception for Real Symmetric Traceless Tensor Properties. Computer Graphics Forum: The International Journal of the Eurographics Association, (Special Issue on EuroVis 2010), 29(3):1133–1142, June 2010.
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Abstract
A perceptual study of four tensor glyphs for symmetric, real, traceless tensors was performed. Each glyph encodes three properties of the system: Orientation, uniaxiality (alignment along the direction of orientation), and biaxiality (alignment along a vector orthogonal to the orientation). Thirty users over two studies were asked to identify these three properties for each glyph type under a variety of permutations in order to evaluate the effectiveness of visually communicating the properties; response time was also measured. We discuss the significant differences found between the methods as guidance to the use of these glyphs for traceless tensor visualization.
BibTeX
@Article{CGF08-tp,
author = {T.J. Jankun-Kelly and Yagneshwara Somayajulu Lanka and J. Edward {Swan~II}},
title = {An Evaluation of Glyph Perception for Real Symmetric Traceless Tensor
Properties},
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum: The International Journal of the Eurographics
Association, (Special Issue on EuroVis 2010)},
month = {June},
year = 2010,
volume = 29,
number = 3,
pages = {1133--1142},
abstract = {
A perceptual study of four tensor glyphs for symmetric, real,
traceless tensors was performed. Each glyph encodes three properties
of the system: Orientation, uniaxiality (alignment along the direction
of orientation), and biaxiality (alignment along a vector orthogonal
to the orientation). Thirty users over two studies were asked to
identify these three properties for each glyph type under a variety of
permutations in order to evaluate the effectiveness of visually
communicating the properties; response time was also measured. We
discuss the significant differences found between the methods as
guidance to the use of these glyphs for traceless tensor
visualization.
},
}