Graphing and Visualization Software

Graphing and visualization software presents abstract scientific data visually. Applications process numerical data and create or render images for analysis. Scientists and engineers are some of the main users of graphing and visualization software. Scientists use data visualization software to interface with relational databases, spreadsheets, text or ASCII character files, and binary files to produce mathematical, spatial, and chemical graphs to represent the data. Graphing and visualization software for engineers can use the online analytical processing (OLAP) model. By definition, OLAP software collects quantitative data stored in a relational database system that is accessed and updated by multiple users, and subsequently converts that data into usable information. This information may be represented by bars, graphs, charts, interactive display, or multimedia content. At the core of OLAP applications is the concept of multidimensional views.