Today I read a paper titled “Glyph Sorting: Interactive Visualization for Multi-dimensional Data”
The abstract is:
Glyph-based visualization is an effective tool for depicting multivariate information
Since sorting is one of the most common analytical tasks performed on individual attributes of a multi-dimensional data set, this motivates the hypothesis that introducing glyph sorting would significantly enhance the usability of glyph-based visualization
In this paper, we present a glyph-based conceptual framework as part of a visualization process for interactive sorting of multivariate data
We examine several technical aspects of glyph sorting and provide design principles for developing effective, visually sortable glyphs
Glyphs that are visually sortable provide two key benefits: 1) performing comparative analysis of multiple attributes between glyphs and 2) to support multi-dimensional visual search
We describe a system that incorporates focus and context glyphs to control sorting in a visually intuitive manner and for viewing sorted results in an Interactive, Multi-dimensional Glyph (IMG) plot that enables users to perform high-dimensional sorting, analyse and examine data trends in detail
To demonstrate the usability of glyph sorting, we present a case study in rugby event analysis for comparing and analysing trends within matches
This work is undertaken in conjunction with a national rugby team
From using glyph sorting, analysts have reported the discovery of new insight beyond traditional match analysis