INCREMENT:
Incremental Query Construction for Multivariate Networks

By Dylan Wootton and Racquel Fygenson

Incremental query construction reimagines querying a graph via navigation. Rather than showcasing all potential data in a graph, Increment directs users through a guided exploration of individual steps, revealing only paths that actually exist in the data. Think of it like Just-in-Time scaffolding where the options at each query represent real structural possibilities within your knowledge graph. Instead of query-building all at once, we enable users to make successive choices, in which each selection naturally constrains the next. Our interface becomes a map of possible queries where information scent guides users without requiring them to map out the underlying graph structure beforehand.