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Winter 2004, Volume 3, Number 4, Pages 227-244
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Original Article
Visualising changes in fund manager holdings in two and a half-dimensions
Tim Dwyer1 and David R Gallagher2

1School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney, Australia

2School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales, Australia

Correspondence to: Tim Dwyer, School of Information Technologies, Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Tel: +612 8374 5579; Fax: +612 8374 5527; E-mail: dwyer@it.usyd.edu.au

Abstract

We explore a multiple view, or overview and detail, method for visualising a high-dimensional portfolio holdings data set with attributes that change over time. The method employs techniques from multidimensional scaling and graph visualisation to find a two-dimensional mapping for high-dimensional data. In both the overview and detail views, time is mapped to the third dimension providing a two and a half-dimensional view of changes in the data. We demonstrate the utility of the paradigm with a prototype system for visualisation of movements within a large set of UK fund managers' stock portfolios.

Information Visualization (2004) 3, 227-244. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500081
Published online 5 August 2004

Keywords

2½D; graph visualization; multidimensional scaling; finance

Received 18 December 2003; revised 5 April 2004; accepted 19 April 2004; published online 5 August 2004
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