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Implementing Dynamic Visualization of Interactive Text Streams on Mobile Devices

O'Neill, Ryan Michael
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397047473

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2014, MS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Computer Science.
Mobile computing is the fastest growing segment of the current technology market, and the majority of current software developers are incorporating one or more mobile operating systems into their targeted platforms. Following the near-ubiquitous status of mobile phones and tablets, users are generating and consuming online content at an incredible rate. A large amount of this continuously generated content is represented through text, be it up-to-the-minute online news and announcements, emails, tweets, or Facebook updates. These massive amounts of streaming text have introduced the necessity for an efficient means of displaying and analyzing them. One such approach to this topic is the STREAMIT visualization system, developed by Alsakran et al. at Kent State University. STREAMIT is a Windows desktop application that uses a dynamic 2D simulation to visualize continuously inserted text documents. The documents are represented by particles in a force directed graph, which are dynamically grouped into clusters based on keywords or topics. Users can monitor, explore, and manipulate the document visualization on-the-fly to discover and examine emerging trends in the stream. This thesis is an examination of handling text stream visualization directly on a mobile device by implementing the STREAMIT visualization system on an Android tablet. The capabilities of modern tablet hardware are examined, along with an overview of software development tools used. The work in porting the x86 Windows code to a Linux-based ARM platform and the inherent development challenges are discussed. A working prototype of the software called STREAMIT-Mobile is presented, as well as an overview of the software capabilities and limitations. Suggestions for improvements and potential future research opportunities are laid out.
Ye Zhao, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Arden Ruttan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Paul Farrell, Pd.D. (Committee Member)
46 p.
Computer Science
text stream visualization; STREAMIT; Android; Qt

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  • O'Neill, R. M. (2014). Implementing Dynamic Visualization of Interactive Text Streams on Mobile Devices [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397047473

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • O'Neill, Ryan. Implementing Dynamic Visualization of Interactive Text Streams on Mobile Devices. 2014. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397047473.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • O'Neill, Ryan. "Implementing Dynamic Visualization of Interactive Text Streams on Mobile Devices." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397047473

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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