ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the concepts and methods for the interactive visual analysis of large and complex data by jointly exploiting the power of humans and computers. It shows with fundamental aspects pertaining to interactive visual data analysis. The book looks into design criteria, factors influencing the design, and models, describing the involved processes. It deals with automatic computations to support the visual data analysis. The book aims to reduce the complexity of the data and their visual representations. It also discusses the light on advanced concepts for interactive visual data analysis, including multi-display visualization environments, user guidance, and progressive visual data analysis. The book outlines ideas for readers to continue with the topic of interactive visual data analysis. Multi-display environments provide more space for displaying visual representations at high resolution.
