In early 2008 a new testing branch of the network analysis software visone has been made publicly available [Baur et al., 2008]. This realease includes the ability to process dynamic networks. A central feature is a dedicated dynamic layout algorithm which we present here from a methological and application oriented point of view. We first describe this algorithm from an algorithmic perspective...

Assessments of configurations, dynamics, and cause and effect are at the heart of our thinking and explanation. Although numerous methods for such assessments have been developed and are being used in daily scientific practice, visualization is usually not considered to be one of them. In this article we first argue that this is due to the common practice of visualizing data rather than the inf...

Using the referencing patterns in articles in Cognitive Science over three decades, we analyze the knowledge base of this literature in terms of its changing disciplinary composition. Three periods are distinguished: (1) construction of the interdisciplinary space in the 1980s; (2) development of an interdisciplinary orientation in the 1990s; (3) reintegration into “cognitive psychology” in the...

This paper explores means to integrate natural language processing methods for terminology and entity identification in medical web session logs with visual analytics techniques. The aim of the study is to examine whether the vocabulary used in queries posted to a Swedish regional health web site can be assessed in a way that will enable a terminologist or medical data analysts to instantly ide...

Abstract Background To our knowledge, no studies exist on the influence of nomadic pastoralist women’s networks their reproductive and sexual health (RSH), including uptake modern family planning (FP). Methods Using name generator questions, we carried out qualitative egocentric social network analysis (SNA) to explore four women. Networks were analyzed in R, visuals created Visone a framework ...