Hyde & Rugg:
We solve hard problems
Hyde & Rugg:
We solve hard problems
The links below are to PDF documents that describe various pieces of research we’ve carried out with Search Visualiser. The documents on this page are mainly about the concepts. The documents on the page opposite are examples of analysis of ancient and old texts. The uploaded PDFs of the longer documents are not as crisp as the original PDFs, as an artefact of website image management.
Search Visualiser and parallel processing part 1: the underpinning neurophysiology of pattern matching
Search Visualiser and parallel processing part 2: the underpinning neurophysiology of pattern matching
Search Visualiser and dyslexia: a possible way to help people with dyslexia
Finding mentions of freedom in classic texts: methodological pitfalls to beware when searching old texts
Visualising plot structures in fiction with Search Visualiser: a comparison of structures in Jane Austen and in Arthur Conan Doyle. (By Gordon Rugg and Daniel Allingham, Open University)
Visualising gendered language in Shakespeare and modern texts: Shakespeare plays compared with two different approaches to handling gender balance in modern texts
Searching in other languages: a humorous example of a serious point
Gettysburg cavalry: from the official history of the American Civil War. The document visualised here is over 600,000 words long; the visualisation shows how mentions of cavalry cluster near the start and the end of the document, with striking suddenness. This reflects the way that the battle begins with Buford’s cavalry encountering the Confederate infantry, and ends with Lee’s army withdrawing behind a cavalry screen, pursued by the Union cavalry.
Gettysburg cavalry infantry artillery: from the official history of the American Civil War. Mentions of cavalry (red squares) infantry/musket/earthwork (green squares) and artillery/shell/battery (black squares). Over 600,000 words long; shows striking clustering as different types of force enter the action.
The texts that we analysed come from public domain sources that skew towards Europe. We plan to extend this to other cultures and sources.
Visualising structures in ancient texts: themes and structures in the Code of Hammurapi, the Old Testament and the New Testament. (By Gordon Rugg and David Musgrave)
The Genesis Death Sandwich story: evidence of large scale thematic structure. (By Gordon Rugg and David Musgrave)
Visualising The Cattle Raid of Cooley and the Iliad: comparing themes in two national epics. (By Gordon Rugg and Jo Hyde)
Medb and Ailil: An Irish queen (red squares) and her husband (green squares) in the Irish national epic (zoomable image file)
The Iliad, Helen and Paris: Helen of Troy (red squares) and her lover Paris (green squares), in the Greek national epic (zoomable image file)
Gendered language in Shakespeare: an examination of several plays, showing wide variations.