The terms data analysis and data visualization have become synonymous in everyday language in the wider data community, but the two are quite different. Data analysis is an exploratory process ...

The book then presents tools for log file analysis. I like the fact that barely a stone is left unturned — even attacking and defending these visualization systems is addressed.

Mining software producer MICROMINE has launched Micromine Effects (MFX), a viewer aimed at facilitating the sharing of complex design and visualization files for resource estimation.