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16th IEEE Visualization 2005 (VIS 2005)   p. 25
A Contract Based System For Large Data Visualization
Hank Childs, University of California, Davis/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Eric Brugger, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kathleen Bonnell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jeremy Meredith, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mark Miller, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Brad Whitlock, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nelson Max, University of California, Davis

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Abstract
VisIt is a richly featured visualization tool that is used to visualize some of the largest simulations ever run. The scale of these simulations requires that optimizations are incorporated into every operation VisIt performs. But the set of applicable optimizations that VisIt can perform is dependent on the types of operations being done. Complicating the issue, VisIt has a plugin capability that allows new, unforeseen components to be added, making it even harder to determine which optimizations can be applied. We introduce the concept of a contract to the standard data flow network design. This contract enables each component of the data flow network to modify the set of optimizations used. In addition, the contract allows for new components to be accommodated gracefully within VisIt’s data flow network system.
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Index Terms- large data set visualization, data flow networks, contract-based system Citation:  Hank Childs, Eric Brugger, Kathleen Bonnell, Jeremy Meredith, Mark Miller, Brad Whitlock, Nelson Max, "A Contract Based System For Large Data Visualization," vis, p. 25,  16th IEEE Visualization 2005 (VIS 2005),  2005