Title
A Theoretical Model For Pattern Discovery In Visual Analytics
Abstract
The word 'pattern' frequently appears in the visualisation and visual analytics literature, but what do we mean when we talk about patterns? We propose a practicable definition of the concept of a pattern in a data distribution as a combination of multiple interrelated elements of two or more data components that can be represented and treated as a unified whole. Our theoretical model describes how patterns are made by relationships existing between data elements. Knowing the types of these relationships, it is possible to predict what kinds of patterns may exist. We demonstrate how our model underpins and refines the established fundamental principles of visualisation. The model also suggests a range of interactive analytical operations that can support visual analytics workflows where patterns, once discovered, are explicitly involved in further data analysis. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Zhejiang University and Zhejiang University Press Co. Ltd.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.visinf.2020.12.002
VISUAL INFORMATICS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Visual analytics, Data distribution, Pattern, Abstraction, Data organisation, Data arrangement, Data variation, Pattern discovery
Journal
5
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
2468-502X
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
19
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Natalia Andrienko12922192.14
Gennady Andrienko23106208.19
Silvia Miksch32212174.85
Heidi Schumann41691122.34
Stefan Wrobel52059171.94