Visual Exploration

The purpose of visual exploration is to provide an overview of the data and enable users to navigate through different segments of the data in an interactive manner. In this situation, users may not have any or only a basic understanding of the data, and their goal is to identify patterns or relationships. Visual exploration can be viewed as an unguided search for pertinent information in the data. To aid users in this search process, visual exploration techniques must have a high level of interactivity.