Query, analysis, and visualization of hierarchically structured data using Polaris
Chris Stolte, Diane Tang, Pat Hanrahan · 2002
... in a variety of applications such as corporate data warehouses and scientific computing. To support interactive analysis, many of these databases are augmented with hierarchical structures that provide meaningful levels of abstraction that can be leveraged by both the computer and analyst. This hierarchical structure generates many challenges and opportunities in the design of systems for the query, analysis, and visualization of these databases. In this