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ThemeRiver: Visualizing Theme Changes over Time Susan Havre, Beth Hetzler, and Lucy Nowell Battelle Pacific Northwest Division Richland, Washington 99352 USA 1+509+375-6948 {susan.havre | beth.hetzler | lucy.nowell}@ Abstract Keywords: visualization metaphors, trend analysis, ThemeRiver™ is a prototype system that visualizes timeline thematic variations over time within a large collection of documents. The “river” flows from left to right through time, changing width to depict changes in 1. Introduction thematic strength of temporally associated documents. Colored “currents” flowing within the river narrow or In exploratory information visualization, one goal is widen to indicate decreases or increases in the strength to present information so that users can easily discern of an individual topic or a group of topics in the patterns. Patterns reveal trends, relationships, anoma- associated documents. The river is shown within the lies, and structure in the data, and may help users context of a timeline and a corresponding textual presentation of external events.