Interactive tools for data exploration

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6084032

Bly, S A

In complex data problems involving unknown structures and relationships, techniques which help analysts find features and characteristics of the data are particularly important. These techniques are useful predecessors to formal analysis methods. Computers have provided computational power to make a wide variety of such techniques available for data exploration. A computing facility with locator input, color graphics output, and audio output offers the basis for interactive data presentation tools. One such tool uses visual and aural representations of data to give the analyst a variety of perspectives of the data. By combining user interactivity with various data output techniques, the analyst can dynamically explore complex data sets looking for patterns, structures, relationships, and features. With application to example data sets, this tool illustrates a means of data exploration.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6084032
• Report Number(s): UCRL-88958; CONF-830324-4; ON: DE83009848
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200* -- Mathematics & Computers
COLOR
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA PROCESSING
DISPLAY DEVICES
INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICES
MATHEMATICS
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
STATISTICS