@article{isenberg2009coconuttrix,
author = {Isenberg, Petra and Bezerianos, Anastasia and Henry Riche, Nathalie and Carpendale, Sheelagh and Fekete, Jean-Daniel},
title = {CoCoNutTrix: A Study in Collaborative Retrofitting for Information Visualization},
year = {2009},
month = {September},
abstract = {Most information visualization systems incorporate little or no specific support for collaboration. Yet, collaboration has been identi- fied as a means to deal with the increasing amount and complexity of information available to analysts. Re-implementing existing applications to fully incorporate our current understanding of computer supported cooperative work could be exhaustive, time consuming, and expensive. As a first step, we explored how co-located collaborative information visualization and analysis environments can be created in a cost-effective manner. We retrofitted NodeTrix, a social network analysis tool, by extending it to enable multi-user interaction in collaborative environments. We present details of the retrofitting process and results of a user study assessing the usability of our retrofitted system. Our results support the effectiveness of our low-cost collaborative retrofitting for collaborative network analysis and highlight implications for practitioners.},
publisher = {IEEE},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/coconuttrix-study-collaborative-retrofitting-information-visualization/},
pages = {44-57},
journal = {Special Issue on Collaborative Infovis, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Journal},
volume = {29},
number = {5},
}