Explorative Visualization of Impact Analysis for Policy Modeling by Bonding Open Government and Simulation Data

Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Knowledge Design: 17th International Conference, HCI International 2015: Proceedings. Part 1 2015
Dirk Burkhardt, Kawa Nazemi, Egils Ginters, Artis Aizstrauts, Jorn Kohlhammer

Problem identification and solution finding are major challenges in policy modeling. Statistical indicator-data build the foundation for most of the required analysis work. In particular finding effective and efficient policies that solve an existing political problem is critical, since the forecast validation of the effectiveness is quite difficult. Simulation technologies can help to identify optimal policies for solutions, but nowadays many of such simulators are standalone technologies. In this paper we introduce a new visualization approach to enable the coupling of statistical indicator data from Open Government Data sources with simulators and especially simulation result data with the goal to provide an enhanced impact analysis for political analysts and decision makers. This allows, amongst others a more intuitive and effective way of solution finding.

Keywords
Decision making; Impact analysis; Information visualization; Open government data; Policy modelling; Simulation; Visual analysis
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-20612-7_4
Hyperlink
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-20612-7_4

Burkhardt, D., Nazemi, K., Ginters, E., Aizstrauts, A., Kohlhammer, J. Explorative Visualization of Impact Analysis for Policy Modeling by Bonding Open Government and Simulation Data. In: Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Knowledge Design: 17th International Conference, HCI International 2015: Proceedings. Part 1, United States of America, Los Angeles, 2-7 August, 2015. Cham: Springer, 2015, pp.34-45. ISBN 978-3-319-20611-0. e-ISBN 978-3-319-20612-7. ISSN 0302-9743. Available from: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20612-7_4

Publication language
English (en)