Message sequence charts (MSCs) are one widespread method for understanding interactions between components within complex systems. Although the language for MSCs is standardized, techniques for displaying them are far from standard and the current test and typographic based methods do not scale to industrial sized MSCs. We have developed some novel displays of MSCs that use color, interaction, and linked views to display large MSCs and verified their effectiveness with a user study.
['Stephen G. Eick', 'Amy R. Ward']
An interactive visualization for message sequence charts