An Information Visualization Solution for the Analysis of the AFM Simulation Output Data

With the advancement of computer hardware and software computer simulations are now able to run faster and track more elements than ever before burdening the analyst with more and more data to analyze. Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Airlift Flow Model (AFM) is the Air Force's logistics simulator that simulates multi-day mobility scenarios in a matter of minutes producing megabytes of output data. Because the analysts' needs for summaries, trends, and comparisons of the data have surpassed the capabilities of current desktop spreadsheet analysis techniques new tools are needed. This thesis looks at developing a robust information visualization architecture that integrates data processing, visualization, and user interaction, and supports reuse and component based functions.