Visualization of Message Passing By Jesse Szwedko Literature

Visualization of Message Passing By: Jesse Szwedko

Literature Survey Yielded a few different approaches: Information murals Theard Arcs prefuse

Information murals Used to visualize interactions between objects and functions in, specifically, C++ programs Uses a modified call graph Allows user to identify message patterns visually (built on top of Motif) Jerding, D. F. and Stasko, J. T. and Ball, T. Visualizing message patterns in object-oriented program executions. ICSE'97

Information murals Jerding, D. F. and Stasko, J. T. and Ball, T. and Georgia Institute of Technology. Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center Visualizing message patterns in object-oriented program executions 1996

Jerding, D. F. and Stasko, J. T. and Ball, T. and Georgia Institute of Technology. Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center Visualizing message patterns in object-oriented program executions 1996

Thread Arcs Visualize messages in a conversational style (similar to gmail. com) Differentiate between contributors and recipients Performs well for “bushy” threads Kerr, B. , Thread arcs: An email thread visualization. 2003. Info. Vis 2003

Thread Arcs

prefuse Java and XML based Very flexible and simple to use Heer, J. and Card, S. K. and Landay, J. A. Prefuse: a toolkit for interactive information visualization. CHI'05