Bloom: A Relationship Visualization Tool for Complex Networks

摘要

Faced with an ever-increasing capacity to collect and store data, organizations must find a way to make sense of it to their advantage. Methods arerequired to simplify the data so that it can inform strategic decisions and help solve problems. Visualization tools are becoming increasingly popularsince they can display complex relationships in a simple, visual format.This article describes Bloom, a project at Carleton University to develop an open source visualization tool for complex networks and businessecosystems. It provides an overview of the visualization technology used in the project and demonstrates its potential impact through a case studyusing real-world data.