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Johnson, R. Hils, Daniel David 2014-12-17T20:00:26Z 2014-12-17T20:00:26Z 10000-01-01 1992 1992 Today scientists are confronted with the problem of understanding and analyzing large masses of numeric scientific data. One solution to this problem is scientific visualization: converting the numeric data into pictures more readily understood by scientists. This thesis presents DataVis, a visual programming language that is designed to be used by scientists for the visualization of scientific data. Since DataVis is a visual language, DataVis programs and functions are primarily diagrams, rather than text. The language is based on the data flow computational model. DataVis provides a library of predefined programs and functions. Scientists transform data into pictures by connecting data icons to program icons. The program icons can be customized, extended, and composed using the same "plumbing" metaphor, and new program icons can be defined using the same metaphor. Thus, DataVis is both a set of finished programs for visualizing scientific data and an easy-to-use toolset for constructing more. It is a complete programming language, so there is no limit to the kinds of visualization tools that it can construct, but its programming language is built on the same metaphor as the user interface of its applications, so it is easy for non-programmers to learn. Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T20:00:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 9305551.pdf: 6812053 bytes, checksum: 3054e8efe97e937e7b74af20fe9aa594 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 72236 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 146 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/72068 (UMI)AAI9305551 Computer Science A Visual Programming Language for Visualization of Scientific Data text Computer Science Computer Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.