Multidimensional Projection for Visual Analytics: Linking Techniques with Distortions, Tasks, and Layout Enrichment.
IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics(2019)
摘要
Visual analysis of multidimensional data requires effective ways to reduce data dimensionality to encode them visually. Multidimensional projections (MDP) figure among the most important visualization techniques in this context, transforming multidimensional data into scatter plots where patterns reflect some notion of similarity in the data. However, MDP come with distortions that make visual patterns not trustworthy. Moreover, the patterns present in scatter plots might not be enough to allow an understanding of multidimensional data, motivating the development of layout enrichment methodologies that operate with MDP. This survey attempts to cover the main aspects of MDP as a visualization and visual analytic tool, providing detailed analysis and taxonomies taht organize MDP techniques according to their main properties and traits. The survey also approaches the different types of distortions that can result from MDP mappings while overviewing existing mechanisms to quantitatively evaluate such distortions. A qualitative analysis of the impact of distortions on the different analytic tasks is also presented, providing guidelines for users to choose a proper MDP for an intended. Finally, layout enrichment schemes to debunk MDP distortions and/or reveal relevant information not directly inferable from the scatter plot are reviewed and discussed in the light of new taxonomies.
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Visualization,Layout,Distortion,Task analysis,Taxonomy,Data visualization,Visual perception
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