Parallel Coordinates Visual Multidimensional Geometry and Its Applications [Mixed media product]

This is one book that can genuinely be said to be straight from the horses mouth. Written by the originator of the technique, it examines parallel coordinates as the leading methodology for multidimensional visualization. Starting from geometric foundations, this is the first systematic and rigorous exposition of the methodology's mathematical and algorithmic components. It covers, among many others, the visualization of multidimensional lines, minimum distances, planes, hyperplanes, and clusters of near planes. The last chapter explains in a non-technical way the methodology's application to visual and automatic data mining. The principles of the latter, along with guidelines, strategies and algorithms are illustrated in detail on real high-dimensional datasets.

This book is about visualization, and systematically incorporating the fantastic human pattern recognition into the problem-solving process. Focusing on parallel coordinates, it contains numerous exercises with solutions, course projects and research directions.

The breakthrough idea of parallel coordinates has enchanted many people with its cleverness and power. Al Inselberg, the source of that cleverness and power, ?nally shares the depth and breadth of his invention in this historically important book. Ive been waiting impatiently for this exposition since I was captivated by InselbergslectureattheUniversityofMarylandin1979.Hehadalreadyunderstood the potential parallel coordinates has for generating insights into high-dimensional analysis and information visualization. In the following decades he polished the arguments, built effective software, and demonstrated value in important appli- tions. Nowabroadcommunityofreaderscanbene?tfromhisinsightsandeffective presentation. I believe that Inselbergs parallel coordinates is a transformational ideal that ? matches the importance of Rene Descartes (15961650) invention of Cartesian coordinates. Just as Cartesian coordlãD