Sanity check for class-coloring-based evaluation of dimension reduction techniques

Michaël Aupetit*

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Abstract

Dimension Reduction techniques used to visualize multidimensional data provide a scatterplot spatialization of data similarities. A widespread way to evaluate the quality of such DR techniques is to use labeled data as a ground truth and to call the reader as a witness to qualify the visualization by looking at classcluster correlations within the scatterplot. We expose the pitfalls of this evaluation process and we propose a principled solution to guide researchers to improve the way they use this visual evaluation of DR techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Beyond Time and Errors
Subtitle of host publicationNovel Evaluation Methods for Visualization, BELIV 2014 - 5th Bi-Annual Workshop
EditorsPetra Isenberg, Tobias Isenberg, Michael Sedlmair, Heidi Lam
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages134-141
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781450332095
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2014
Event5th Workshop on Beyond Time and Errors: Novel Evaluation Methods for Visualization, BELIV 2014 - Paris, France
Duration: 10 Nov 2014 → …

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume10-November-2015

Conference

Conference5th Workshop on Beyond Time and Errors: Novel Evaluation Methods for Visualization, BELIV 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period10/11/14 → …

Keywords

  • Dimension reduction
  • Evaluation
  • Scatter plots

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