Title of Dissertation: INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL QUERYING OF TIME SERIES AND LINEAR SEQUENCE DATA SETS Harry Hochheiser, Doctor of Philosophy, 2003 Dissertation directed by: Professor Ben Shneiderman Department of Computer Science Numerous analytic domains involve the study of measurable quantities that change over time. This widespread interest in time series data sets has led to substantial work in algorithmic strategies for querying and indexing data. Much less work has been done in the development of interactive tools for identifying patterns in these data sets. This dissertation uses a graphical mechanism for specifying queries on time series data to provide the basis for an exploration of the algorithmic and semantic issues surrounding interactive querying of time series data. Contributions of this dissertation include: ? The definition of timeboxes - rectangular widgets that can be used in directmanipulation Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) to specify query constraints on time seri...