METHOD FOR SUMMARIZING DATABASE AND VISUALIZING SUMMARY OF DATABASE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To visualize summary of a multi-dimensional database. SOLUTION: A query for a database is represented as a vector including multiple elements. Each element is a control and each control has a current setting. The database is queried with the query to produce a current synopsis. The current synopsis is added to a current summary. The current synopsis and the current controls and a current summary including the current synopsis are visualized on a graphical user interface. A new setting for the controls is indicated to produce a new synopsis that when added to the current summary makes a next summary most different than the current summary. The querying, visualizing and indicating are repeated until a termination condition is reached to generate a most interesting summary of the database. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI