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Software > Similarity Matrix Visualisation

Description | Pros and Cons | Applications | Details | Usage Hints | References | Acknowledgments

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Visualization of the similarity matrix of dido.sim by Yuezheng Zhou.
The matrix was derived using LSA from image text descriptions stored in dido.txt.


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Description

Sometimes, you may like to see a similarity matrix


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Pros & Cons

Running the applet on a similarity matrix provides a quick overview about how similar documents, terms, etc are. Currently, no interactivity (zoom) is provided.


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Applications

Compare or characterize databases based on the similarity of documents or terms.


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Details

None.


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Usage Hints

The package can be found on ella in '/home/www/ella/htdocs/classes/L697/code/simvis'.

  • Copy all files in your 'simvis' directory.
  • Compile with 'javac *.java'.
  • Run with 'java -classpath . SimMap'.
Variations:

Change color, size, background. Center rectangles.


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References

No references


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Acknowledgments

The java applet was implemented by Yuezheng Zhou. Nihar Sanghvi integrated the code into the software repository.

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Information Visualization Cyberinfrastructure @ SLIS, Indiana University
Last Modified January 14, 2004