Propnets visualizer: a web based tool to visualize information propagation in networks

Abstract

Data visualization and analysis has become vital in both knowledge discovery and presenting and explaining that knowledge to others. As such, the goal of this project was to implement a web based tool for the researchers studying propagation of information using network-based models. The tool was designed with ease of use and extensibility in mind and as such, it is a simple yet powerful tool which allows researchers to generate dynamic visualizations of network flow data they are working with. It was developed as a Polymer project with the intention of publishing it as a reusable web component. The end result of this is a simple but powerful visualization tool for researchers and an easy to integrate web component for the developers of geographic information systems (GIS).