Visual Supportfor the Modeling and Simulation of Cell Biological ProcessesDissertationzurErlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktor-Ingenier (Dr.-Ing.)der Fakultät für Informatik und Elektrotechnikder Universität Rostockvorgelegt vonDipl.-Ing. Andrea Ungergeb. am 10. Juli 1981 in Blankenburg/Harzaus RostockRostock, 6. April 2010urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2010-0137-8GutachterProf. Dr.-Ing. Heidrun Schumann, Universität Rostock, Deutschland (Betreuer)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Preim, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, DeutschlandProf. James J. Thomas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USATag der mündlichen Prüfung14. Mai 2010iiAbstractThe full potential of information visualization is often not tapped in the scientific reasoningprocess. To overcome this gap, this work aims at bringing visualization closer to demands ofthe analysis process for the specific domain of modeling and simulating cell biological systems.To this end, the need for visual support is systematically explored along the work flow inthe application domain. Based on the identification of main segments of visual support thatneed to be provided, this work provides novel contributions for the visualization of stochasticsimulation data. Two main visualization challenges are addressed. First challenge is the visualintegration of data into the data generating context, which is assumed to facilitate the analysisprocess of complex data.