Information Visualization

Information visualization is "the communication of abstract data relevant in terms of action through the use of interactive visual interfaces." (Keim et al, 2006)

Keim, D.A.; Mansmann, F. and Schneidewind, J. and Ziegler, H., Challenges in Visual Data Analysis, Proceedings of Information Visualization (IV 2006), IEEE, p. 9-16, 2006.