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Comparative visualization refers to
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Methods that support the process of understanding in what way different datasets are similar or different.
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Methods that allow comparing different characteristics of a given dataset.
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Methods that allow a comparison of different types of (linked) data graphics.
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Comparisons of datasets may occur in different ways. Data value to data value: entries of different datasets are compared to one another based on their values; derived quantity to derived quantity: these could be statistical moments of data fields or topological characteristics; methodology to methodology: comparisons of methodologies involve quantifying differences in experiment or simulation parameters; and, if the data are visualized, image to image: such comparisons quantify the differences in the visualizations produced by a given graphical method.
Comparative visualization methods have been developed as an enabling technology for...
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Hinterberger, H. (2009). Comparative Visualization. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_1385
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