Hierarchical Exploration of Large Multivariate Data Sets大多元数据集的层次化探索.pptVIP

UC Berkeley, 09/19/00 Multivariate Data Visualization Adapted from Slides by: Matthew O. Ward Computer Science Department Worcester Polytechnic Institute What is Multivariate Data? Each data point has N variables or observations Each observation can be: nominal or ordinal discrete or continuous scalar, vector, or tensor May or may not have spatial, temporal, or other connectivity attribute Characteristics of a Variable Order: grades have an order, brand names do not. Distance metric: for income, distance equals difference. For rankings, difference is not a distance metric. A variable can