Other Uses of The Term
In architecture, the term "bubble chart" is also applied to a first architectural sketch of the lay out constructed with bubbles.
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 and have since become a popular method of displaying data. Bubble charts are included in popular visualization toolkits such as D3 and have been used by the New York Times.
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