Visual analytics of large weighted directed graphs and two-dimensional time-dependent data [Elektronische Ressource] / von Tatiana Landesberger von Antburg

Visual Analytics of LargeWeighted Directed Graphs andTwo-Dimensional Time-Dependent Datavom Fachbereich Informatikder Technischen Universität DarmstadtgenehmigteDISSERTATIONzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktor-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.)vonDipl.-Math. Tatiana Landesberger von Antburg,geboren Tekušovágeboren in Bratislava, Slowakische RepublikReferenten der Arbeit: Prof. Dr. techn. Dieter W. FellnerTechnische Universität DarmstadtProf. dr. ir. Jarke J. van WijkTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven, NiederlandeTag der Einreichung: 17.5.2010Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 28.6.2010Darmstädter DissertationD 17Darmstadt, 2010AcknowledgmentsI would like to express my gratefulness to those people who contributed in various ways to the development ofthis thesis.I would like to especially thank Prof. Dr. techn. Dieter W. Fellner for his continuous support in this endeavor.His inspiring and constructive comments during various stages of the process and the possibility to work on thethesis in the encouraging environment of Technische Universität Darmstadt were the basis for the completion ofthe project. I am thankful to Prof. dr. ir. Jarke J. van Wijk for acting as a second advisor. His useful commentson the thesis and on the state-of-the-art-report on visual analysis of graphs are much appreciated.The thesis has been conducted at Fraunhofer IGD and in the Graphics Interactive Systems Group (GRIS)at Technische Universität Darmstadt.