Accession Number:

ADP007130

Title:

Direction and Motion Control in the Ground Tour,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RUTGERS - THE STATE UNIV NEW BRUNSWICK NJ

Personal Author(s):

• Cook, Di
• Buja, Andreas
• Cabrera, Javier

Report Date:

1992-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Exploring multivariate data with the grand tour1 is a visually exciting way to discover interesting structure. However, one criticism of this method is that as dimensionality increases the chances of quickly discovering views of interest diminish rapidly, because of the random nature of the grand tour, and the expanding volume of space. To improve the chances of discovering interesting structure we propose a method for controlling the exploration by motion control and directing movement along the gradient of a projection pursuit function. The benefits of this approach are two-fold. Firstly, it provides a fast, powerful exploratory data analysis tool, and secondly, it provides a vehicle for exploring and comparing projection pursuit functions.

Descriptors:

• *MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
• APPROACH
• BENEFITS
• CONTROL
• FUNCTIONS
• GRADIENTS
• MOTION
• STRUCTURES
• TOOLS
• VEHICLES
• VOLUME

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE