Technometrics
A review and taxonomy of distortion-oriented presentation techniques
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Multidimensional lines I: representation
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Extending Distortion Viewing from 2D to 3D
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
30 Years of Multidimensional Multivariate Visualization
Scientific Visualization, Overviews, Methodologies, and Techniques
CMV '03 Proceedings of the conference on Coordinated and Multiple Views In Exploratory Visualization
VIS '91 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Visualization '91
HyperSlice: visualization of scalar functions of many variables
VIS '93 Proceedings of the 4th conference on Visualization '93
XmdvTool: integrating multiple methods for visualizing multivariate data
VIS '94 Proceedings of the conference on Visualization '94
Multiobjective Satisfaction within an Interactive Evolutionary Design Environment
Evolutionary Computation
An overview of evolutionary algorithms in multiobjective optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Interactive visualisation: A support for system identification
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Computer assistance for sustainable building design
EG-ICE'06 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture
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An interactive visualisation system for engineering design incorporating a method to evaluate the robustness of solutions is described. The system uses genetic algorithms (GAs) to generate a large number of alternative design solutions to the problem and an interface that supports multidimensional visualisation, allowing the designer to interact with the data. A clustering technique based on kernel density estimation is described that identifies clusters in terms of the design variables. The clustering technique combined with 'negative' genetic algorithm search is shown to successfully allow the user to evaluate the robustness of regions in continuous domains. The technique is illustrated on a continuous engineering design problem: rainfall-runoff modelling. Most engineering design problems contain discrete and discontinuous variables and so a modified approach is presented. Visualisation and user interaction is shown to be useful on discrete design data, particularly when the user creates their own clusters in a multiobjective problem. Evaluation of robustness on such problems is often only possible due to the knowledge of an experienced engineer. A practical example from the design of reinforced concrete biaxial columns illustrates how the system promotes decision support in discrete domains. In particular, the implicit knowledge of the engineer, that is difficult to express in a model, can be used to make high-level design decisions. Thus, knowledge discovery and evaluation of robustness is shown to be successfully achieved using visualisation and interaction in either continuous or discrete domains.