Shape coding of multidimensional data on a microcomputer display

  • Authors:
  • Jeff Beddow

  • Affiliations:
  • Microsimulations Research, Minneapolis, MN

  • Venue:
  • VIS '90 Proceedings of the 1st conference on Visualization '90
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

The visual representation of data from complex systems, whether databases, measured scientific data, or simulation output, holds the promise of discovering patterns in the data that will increase its management efficiency while revealing relationships invisible to numeric methods. In this paper we present a simple and flexible method of shape coding for higher dimensional data sets that allows the database operator or discipline scientist quick access to promising patterns within and among records or samples. The example used is a thirteen parameter set of solar wind, magnetosphere, and ground observation data collected hourly for twenty-one days in 1976.