Análise temporal de uma rede de contato hospitalar utilizando técnicas de visualização de informação

The visualization of temporal networks, i.e., the visualization of networks that represent interactions between a domain’s instances and that have information about when such interactions occur, plays a key role in the recognition of properties that would be difficult to perceive without an adequate visualization strategy. This paper presents an application case study of a visual analysis system in a hospital contact network between people. The goal is to demonstrate the applicability of this system in helping on decision making processes related to health data. The achieved results facilitate both the network analysis and the patterns perception, accelerating and making the decision making processes more reliable.