EVALUATION OF A BUNDLING TECHNIQUE FOR PARALLEL COORDINATES

Julian Heinrich, Yuan Luo, Arthur E. Kirkpatrick, Daniel Weiskopf

2012

Abstract

We present a controlled user study evaluating the effectiveness of bundled curve representations in parallel coordinates plots. Replacing the traditional C0 polygonal lines by C1 continuous piecewise Bézier curves makes it easier to visually trace data points through each coordinate axis. The resulting B´ezier curves can then be bundled to visualize data with given cluster structures. Our results show that: 1) compared to polygonal lines, bundled curves are equally capable of revealing correlations between neighboring data attributes; 2) the geometric cues of bundles can be effective in displaying cluster information.

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Heinrich J., Luo Y., E. Kirkpatrick A. and Weiskopf D. (2012). EVALUATION OF A BUNDLING TECHNIQUE FOR PARALLEL COORDINATES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-02-0, pages 594-602. DOI: 10.5220/0003821205940602


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@conference{ivapp12,
author={Julian Heinrich and Yuan Luo and Arthur E. Kirkpatrick and Daniel Weiskopf},
title={EVALUATION OF A BUNDLING TECHNIQUE FOR PARALLEL COORDINATES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={594-602},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003821205940602},
isbn={978-989-8565-02-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - EVALUATION OF A BUNDLING TECHNIQUE FOR PARALLEL COORDINATES
SN - 978-989-8565-02-0
AU - Heinrich J.
AU - Luo Y.
AU - E. Kirkpatrick A.
AU - Weiskopf D.
PY - 2012
SP - 594
EP - 602
DO - 10.5220/0003821205940602