Visual clustering and classification: The Oronsay particle size data set revisited

Computational Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-146

  Wilhelm, Adalbert F X ^a   Wegman, Edward J ^b   Symanzik, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ExplorN; Grand Tour; High Interaction Graphics; Linked Views; Manet; Parallel Coordinate Plots; XGobi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033425177     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00022701     Document Type: Article

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