TY - CONF T1 - ManyNets: an interface for multiple network analysis and visualization T2 - Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Human factors in computing systems Y1 - 2010 A1 - Freire,Manuel A1 - Plaisant, Catherine A1 - Shneiderman, Ben A1 - Golbeck,Jen KW - exploratory analysis KW - graphical user interface KW - Information Visualization KW - interaction KW - network analysis KW - table interface AB - Traditional network analysis tools support analysts in studying a single network. ManyNets offers these analysts a powerful new approach that enables them to work on multiple networks simultaneously. Several thousand networks can be presented as rows in a tabular visualization, and then inspected, sorted and filtered according to their attributes. The networks to be displayed can be obtained by subdivision of larger networks. Examples of meaningful subdivisions used by analysts include ego networks, community extraction, and time-based slices. Cell visualizations and interactive column overviews allow analysts to assess the distribution of attributes within particular sets of networks. Details, such as traditional node-link diagrams, are available on demand. We describe a case study analyzing a social network geared towards film recommendations by means of decomposition. A small usability study provides feedback on the use of the interface on a set of tasks issued from the case study. JA - Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Human factors in computing systems T3 - CHI '10 PB - ACM CY - New York, NY, USA SN - 978-1-60558-929-9 UR - http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1753326.1753358 M3 - 10.1145/1753326.1753358 ER -