DYNAMIC DISPLAY GENERATION FOR VISUALIZATION, SEARCH, AND ANALYSIS OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION

WE WILL DESIGN A SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC CREATION OF INFORMATION DISPLAYS TO SUPPORT USERS OF LARGE, INFORMATION-INTENSIVE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. THE SYSTEM WILL BE BASED ON CURRENT THEORETICAL RESEARCH IN THIS AREA AND WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: USER PRESENTATION GRAPHICS PACKAGES, USER INTERFACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, USER INTERFACE BUILDING TOOLKITS, AND DATABASE EXPLORATION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS. THE INNOVATION IS IN THE DESIGN OF NEW CAPABILITIES FOR ENABLING USERS TO EFFORTLESSLY CONSTRUCT DISPLAYS CUSTOMIZED TO THE ANALYSIS NEEDS OF EACH NEW SITATION. WITH THIS PROTOTYPE, INTERFACE BUILDING TIME WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED AND THE RESULTING DISPLAYS WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THOSE AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY TODAY. A CENTRAL PORTION OF OUR WORK WILL BE TO DEVELOP METHODS BY WHICH USERS CAN IDENTIFY THEIR INFORMATION ANALYSIS NEEDS AND PRODUCE DISPLAYS WHICH ADDRESS THEM. DURING THE COURSE OF THIS WORK, WE WILL DEVELOP A CORPUS OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS CASES, WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY USED IN THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. THESE CAN BE USED TO PROVIDE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR BOTH THE PROTOTYPE AND EXISTING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE.