Information Retrieval and Visualization.- Information Retrieval Preliminaries.- Visualization Models for Multiple Reference Points.- Euclidean Spatial Characteristic Based Visualization Models.- Kohonen Self-Organizing Map-An Artificial Neural Network.- Pathfinder Associative Network.- Multidimensional Scaling.- Internet Information Visualization.- Ambiguity in Information Visualization.- The Implication of Metaphors in Information Visualization.- Benchmarks and Evaluation Criteria for Information Retrieval Visualization.- Afterthoughts.

Information visualization offers a way to reveal hidden patterns in a visual presentation and allows users to seek information from a visual perspective. Readers of this book will gain an in-depth understanding of the current state of information retrieval visualization. They will be introduced to existing problems along with technical and theoretical findings. The book also provides practical details for the implementation of an information retrieval visualization system.