International conference on construction engineering and project management (국제학술발표논문집)
- 2005.10a
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- Pages.1036-1041
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- 2005
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- 2508-9048(eISSN)
VISUALIZATION OF HIGHWAY PROJECT BIDS USING TREEMAPS
- Min Peng (Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas) ;
- William J. O'Brien (Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas) ;
- James T. O'Connor (Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas)
- Published : 2005.10.16
Abstract
Treemaps, a space filling visualization technique, displays a massive data set of hierarchical data interactively on a single computer screen by mapping it to a matrix of rectangles. It allows users to visually inspect and manipulate data to find new relationships or discrepancies that are to difficult to find using traditional techniques. This paper applies treemaps to the evaluation of highway project bids, which contain hundreds or thousands of elements arranged in a hierarchical structure. Through a case study, treemaps are shown to be a potentially effective tool for bid evaluation by both contractors and State or Federal highway officials.