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Parallel Coordinates

A Tool for Visualizing Multivariate Relations

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Human-Machine Interactive Systems

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Abstract

The visualization of multivariate data and relations has attracted considerable attention in recent years (see, for example, Refs. 1–6, 9, 11, 13, 22, 23, 28, 29, 37, 39, 40, 42–47; this being only a partial bibliography), being of interest in many fields. Based on a multidimensional system of parallel coordinates, the development of the methodology described here began in 1978. Preliminary results on some representations and (paper and pencil) constructions for N-dimensional lines and hyperplanes appeared in 1981.(30) The results were extended in Refs. 31, 35 and 36. Interest in this method grew in recent applications to robotics, (15,21) statistics,(14,28,48) computational geometry,(34) and other areas (see Refs. 17, 19, 24, 27, 33, 41). In conjunction with the design of the new air traffic control system an algorithm for early conflict detection and resolution* was derived using the results on lines in P N, the projective N-space.(35,36)

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  1. IBM Scientific Center, Santa Monica, California, 90404, USA

    Alfred Inselberg

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0782, USA

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  3. IBM Scientific Center, Santa Monica, California, 90404, USA

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Inselberg, A., Dimsdale, B. (1991). Parallel Coordinates. In: Klinger, A. (eds) Human-Machine Interactive Systems. Languages and Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5883-1_9

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