An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation

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dc.contributor.advisorBlake, Edwin Hen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNuñez, Fabianen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T19:31:45Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T19:31:45Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 139-144.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWe describe a data visualisation system which uses spreadsheets as its user interface metaphor. Similar systems implemented in the past were hampered by the contradiction between an imperative formula language and the declarative spreadsheet framework. We have analysed spreadsheets from a data visualisation point of view, and built a system that is an improvement over past efforts to combine spreadsheets and data visualisation. Our prototype combines the following three techniques: we store lists of values in each spreadsheet cell; we use the functional programming language Scheme as the formula language and we make use of lazy evaluation. The novel combination of these techniques makes our system consistently declarative in nature, and gives it several advantages such as small, uncluttered visual programs, the ability to deal with arbitrarily large datasets and the use of advanced functional language features.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNuñez, F. (2000). <i>An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6425en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNuñez, Fabian. <i>"An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6425en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNuñez, F. 2000. An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nuñez, Fabian AB - We describe a data visualisation system which uses spreadsheets as its user interface metaphor. Similar systems implemented in the past were hampered by the contradiction between an imperative formula language and the declarative spreadsheet framework. We have analysed spreadsheets from a data visualisation point of view, and built a system that is an improvement over past efforts to combine spreadsheets and data visualisation. Our prototype combines the following three techniques: we store lists of values in each spreadsheet cell; we use the functional programming language Scheme as the formula language and we make use of lazy evaluation. The novel combination of these techniques makes our system consistently declarative in nature, and gives it several advantages such as small, uncluttered visual programs, the ability to deal with arbitrarily large datasets and the use of advanced functional language features. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation TI - An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6425 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6425
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNuñez F. An extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6425en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleAn extended spreadsheet paradigm for data visualisation systems, and its implementationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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