Bubble chart (disambiguation)

A bubble chart is a type of chart that displays three dimensions of data.

Bubble chart may also refer to:

• In architecture, the term "bubble chart" is also applied to a first architectural sketch of the layout constructed with bubbles.^[1]
• In software engineering, "bubble chart" can refer to a data flow, a data structure or other diagram in which entities are depicted with circles or bubbles and relationships are represented by links drawn between the circles.
• In Information visualization, a "bubble chart" is a technique in which a set of numeric quantities is represented by closely packed circles whose areas are proportional to the quantities. Unlike a traditional bubble chart, such displays don't assign meaning to x- or y-axis positions, but seek to pack circles as tightly as possible to make efficient use of space. Bubble charts were introduced by Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg^[2] and have since become a popular method of displaying data. Bubble charts are included in popular visualization toolkits such as D3^[3] and have been used by the New York Times.^[4]

References

1. Bryan Lawson (2004). What Designers Know. Elsevier, 2004. ISBN 0-7506-6448-7. p.44.
2. 2007: Many Eyes: A Site for Visualization at Internet Scale. Fernanda B. Viégas, Martin Wattenberg, Frank van Ham, Jesse Kriss, Matt McKeon. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization.
3. "Bubble Chart". bl.ocks.org. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. Carter, Shan. "Four Ways to Slice Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal". New York Times.