Arc Diagrams Visualizing Structures in Strings Martin Wattenberg

Arc Diagrams: Visualizing Structures in Strings Martin Wattenberg IBM Research One Rogers Street Cambridge MA 02142 mwatten@us. ibm. com

Dot Plot

Dot Plot Patterns

Basic Definition 1. Identical 2. Non-overlapping 3. Consecutive 4. Maximal

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Vivaldi - Autumn

Cluster and Calendar based Visualization of Time Series Data Jarke J. van Wijk Eindhoven University of Technology Dept. of Mathematics and Computing Science P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands vanwijk@win. tue. nl Edward R. van Selow Neth. Energy Research Foundation ECN P. O. Box 1, 1755 ZG Petten The Netherlands vanselow@ecn. n

Power Demand by Hour and Day

Number of Employees in the Office over Time

Power Demand over Time

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