PRESENTATION OF MULTIVARIATE DATA ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM

摘要

Various systems, methods, and media allow for graphical display of multivariate data in parallel coordinate plots and similar plots for visualizing data for a plurality of variables simultaneously. These systems, methods, and media can aggregate individual data points into curves between axes, significantly improving functioning of computer systems by decreasing the rendering time for such plots. Certain implementations can allow a user to examine the relationship between two or more variables, by displaying the data on non-parallel or other transformed axes.

主权项

1. A computing system for representing multivariate data in parallel coordinates on a plurality of parallel axes, the computing system comprising:
a network interface coupled to a data network for receiving and transmitting one or more packet flows comprising the multivariate data; a computer processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor in order to cause the computing system to
generate a user interface depicting
a first shape corresponding to a first variable of the multivariate data, the first shape comprising
a first region having at least two dimensions including a first height extending along a first axis of the plurality of axes and a first width perpendicular to the first axis, the first region having a first color and the first region associated with a first value or a range of first values of the first variable, andone or more first textual labels within the first width and at least partially within the first height; anda second shape spaced from the first shape, the second shape corresponding to a second variable of the multivariate data and the second shape comprising
a second region having at least two dimensions including a second height extending along a second axis of the plurality of axes and a second width perpendicular to the second axis, the second region having a second color and the second region associated with a second value or a range of second values of the second variable,one or more second textual labels within the second width and at least partially within the second height; anddepict on the user interface a first non-linear curve in the space between the first shape and the second shape, having a first length from a periphery of the first region to a periphery of the second region and a first thickness generally perpendicular to the first length, the first thickness generally uniform and proportional to a first aggregation of the multivariate data corresponding to the first value or the range of first values of the first variable associated with the first region and the second value or the range of second values of the second variable associated with the second region, wherein the first color of the first region defines a color of the first curve.