Introduction to Human-Centered Visualization Environments

The title of this book—Human-Centered Visualization Environments (HCVE)—is composed of two key components: “human-centered” and “visualization environments”. While the first part refers to the research area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), the second one refers to the design of Visualization systems. Thus, the focus of this textbook is on the intersection of both fields. These two terms can be defined as follows: