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March 2002, Volume 1, Number 1, Pages 5-12
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| Commentary |
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| Inventing discovery tools: combining information visualization with data mining† |
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| Ben Shneiderman |
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Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Correspondence to: Ben Shneiderman, Department of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 U.S.A. E-mail: ben@cs.umd.edu |
†Keynote for Discovery Science 2001 Conference, November 25-28, 2001, Washington, DC.
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| Abstract |
| The growing use of information visualization tools and data mining algorithms stems from two separate lines of research. Information visualization researchers believe in the importance of giving users an overview and insight into the data distributions, while data mining researchers believe that statistical algorithms and machine learning can be relied on to find the interesting patterns. This paper discusses two issues that influence design of discovery tools: statistical algorithms vs visual data presentation, and hypothesis testing vs exploratory data analysis. The paper claims that a combined approach could lead to novel discovery tools that preserve user control, enable more effective exploration, and promote responsibility. Information Visualization (2002) 1, 5-12. DOI: 10.1057/palgrave/ivs/9500006 |
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| Keywords |
| Information visualization; data mining; user interfaces; discovery; creativity support tools |
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