DimScanner: A relation-based visual exploration approach towards data dimension inspection

Jing Xia, Wei Chen*, Yumeng Hou, Wanqi Hu, Huang Xinxin, David S. Ebertk

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

22 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Exploring multi-dimensional datasets can be cumbersome if data analysts have little knowledge about the data. Various dimension relation inspection tools and dimension exploration tools have been proposed for efficient data examining and understanding. However, the needed workload varies largely with respect to data complexity and user expertise, which can only be reduced with rich background knowledge over the data. In this paper we address the workload challenge with a data structuring and exploration scheme that affords dimension relation detection and that serves as the background knowledge for further investigation. We contribute a novel data structuring scheme that leverages an information-theoretic view structuring algorithm to uncover information-aware relations among different data views, and thereby discloses redundancy and other relation patterns among dimensions. The integrated system, DimScanner, empowers analysts with rich user controls and assistance widgets to interactively detect the relations of multi-dimensional data. © 2016 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE
Pages81-90
ISBN (Print)9781509056613
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Mar 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event11th IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2016 - Baltimore, United States
Duration: 23 Oct 201628 Oct 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2016 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore
Period23/10/1628/10/16

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Research Keywords

  • data exploration
  • High-dimensional data visualization
  • information-aware relation

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