Streamgraph
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A streamgraph, or stream graph, is a type of stacked area graph which is displaced around a central axis, resulting in a flowing, organic shape.
Streamgraphs and their use were popularized by Lee Byron[1] in a February 2008 New York Times article on movie box office revenues.[2]
References
- ^ Byron, Lee; Wattenberg, Martin (November–December 2008). "Stacked Graphs – Geometry & Aesthetics". IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 14 (6). IEEE Computer Society: 1245–1252. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2008.166. ISSN 1077-2626. PMID 18988970.
- ^ Matthew Bloch; Lee Byron; Shan Carter; Amanda Cox (23 February 2008). "The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986–2007". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
External links
- Lee Byron's streamgraph_generator
- RAWGraphs Open-source visualization tool easing streamgraph generation.
- StreamGraph Open-source javascript for generating a streamgraph in SVG.