Uncertainty-aware Visual Analytics - Scope, Oppertunities and Challenges

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Unfortunately, many data sources, used in the VA process, are affected by uncertainty. In addition, the VA cycle itself can introduce uncertainty to the knowledge generation process. The classic VA cycle does not provide a mechanism to handle these sources of uncertainty. In this manuscript, we aim to provide an extended VA cycle that is capable of handling uncertainty by quantification, propagation, and visualization. Different data types and application scenarios that can be handled by such a cycle, examples, and a list of open challenges in the area of uncertainty-aware VA are provided. Visual Analytics Uncertainty Analysis Uncertainty-aware Visualization Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Reviews received at journal 28 Dec, 2021 Reviewers invited by journal 26 Dec, 2021 Editor assigned by journal 22 Dec, 2021 First submitted to journal 16 Dec, 2021 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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