TR2005-015

QueryLines: Approximate Query for Visual Browsing

    •  Ryall, K., Lesh, N., Lanning, T., Leigh, D., Miyashita, H., Makino, S., "QueryLines: Approximate Query for Visual Browsing", ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), April 2005.
      BibTeX TR2005-015 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Ryall2005apr,
      • author = {Ryall, K. and Lesh, N. and Lanning, T. and Leigh, D. and Miyashita, H. and Makino, S.},
      • title = {QueryLines: Approximate Query for Visual Browsing},
      • booktitle = {ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)},
      • year = 2005,
      • month = apr,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2005-015}
      • }
  • Research Area:

    Human-Computer Interaction

Abstract:

We introduce approximate query techniques for searching and analyzing two-dimensional data sets such as line or scatter plots. Our techniques allow users to explore a dataset by defining QueryLines: soft constraints and preferences for selecting and sorting a subset of the data. By using both preferences and soft constraints for query composition, we allow greater flexibility and expressiveness than previous visual query systems. When the user over-constrains a query, for example, a system using approximate techniques can display \"near misses\" to enable users to quickly and continuously refine queries.

 

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