Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC) 2018
pp. 81
- 89
RiverState: A Visual Metaphor Representing Millions of Time-Oriented
State Transitions
Author(s):
Richard C. Roberts, Dylan Rees, Robert S. Laramee, Paul Brookes, and Gary
A. Smith
DOI:
10.2312/cgvc.20181210
Abstract:
Developing a positive relationship between a business and its customers
is vital to success. The outcome of any customer interaction can
determine future patronage of the business. Many industry's only point of
interaction with their customers is through a contact centre where
everything from sales to complaints are handled. This places tremendous
importance on the operational efficiency of the contact centre and the
level of care provided to the customers. These customer interactions are
recorded and archived in large databases, but undertaking insightful
analysis is challenging due to both the size and complexity of the data.
We present a visual solution to the tracking of customer interactions at
a large scale. RiverState visualises the collective flow of callers
through the process of interacting with a contact centre using a river
metaphor. We use finite state transition machines with customised edges
to depict millions of events and the states callers go through to
complete their journey. We implement a range of novel features to enhance
the analytical qualities of the application, and collect feedback from
domain experts to analyse and evaluate the use of the software.
CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing --> Visual analytics;
Visualization techniques; Information visualization; Mathematics of
computing --> Exploratory data analysis
Multimedia:
riverstate_supplementary_video.mp4
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