Project Definition
Survey questions that use "multiple choice" formats can usually be easily processed and organized electronically. However, surveys with open-ended questions and comment fields are often difficult to organize and analyze. The SNC SOOTS, opinion polls, online reviews add to the the complexity because they contain a very large amount of text. It may be helpful to have a way of representing a large collection of text using simple visual attributes.
My project is to build a tag cloud that represents the "theme" of a large collection of tweets.
General Requirements:
1. Describe the most frequent words in the cloud.
2. Input number of tags for the cloud.
3. Use visual attributes to describe the tags (size, color).
4. Use a genetic algorithm to determine the "best" fit by trying to minimize the white space in the cloud.
5. Consider orientation and other parameters.
6. Tag clouds do not contain overlapping words.
7. The application should be general enough to easily handle more than one set of data.
8. Clicking on a visual might give more depth and/or another prospective of the information.
My project is to build a tag cloud that represents the "theme" of a large collection of tweets.
General Requirements:
1. Describe the most frequent words in the cloud.
2. Input number of tags for the cloud.
3. Use visual attributes to describe the tags (size, color).
4. Use a genetic algorithm to determine the "best" fit by trying to minimize the white space in the cloud.
5. Consider orientation and other parameters.
6. Tag clouds do not contain overlapping words.
7. The application should be general enough to easily handle more than one set of data.
8. Clicking on a visual might give more depth and/or another prospective of the information.