Natural Selection: Interactive Subset Creation |
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Authors: | Graham J. Wills |
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Affiliation: | Bell Laboratories (Lucent Technologies) , 263 Shuman Boulevard, Room 2F-323, Naperville , IL , 60566 , USA |
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Abstract: | Abstract Visualization is a critical technology for understanding complex, data-rich systems. Effective visualizations make important features of the data immediately recognizable and enable the user to discover interesting and useful results by highlighting patterns. A key element of such systems is the ability to interact with displays of data by selecting a subset for further investigation. This operation is needed for use in linked views systems and in drill-down analysis. It is a common manipulation in many other systems and is as ubiquitous as selecting icons in a desktop graphical user interface (GUI). It is therefore surprising to note that little research has been done on how selection can be implemented. This article addresses this omission, presenting a taxonomy for selection mechanisms and discussing the interactions between branches of the taxonomy. |
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Keywords: | Brushing Exploratory data analysis Selection Taxonomy Visualization |
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