# US 2014/0198105 A1 · Determining alternative visualizations for data based on an initial data visualization

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- Number: US 2014/0198105 A1
- Document ID: US20140198105A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/224,565
- Filed: 2014-03-25
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2012-09-11
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Stephen D. Gibson; Daniel J. Rope; Graham J. Wills
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198105A1

## CPC

- G06T 11/26: Drawing of charts or graphs
- G06F 16/248: Presentation of query results
- G06F 16/9038: Presentation of query results
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method comprises generating an alternative visualization of a data set based on a specification of a selected first visualization of the data set and parameters comprising information pertaining to the data set.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating an alternative visualization of a data set based on a specification of a selected first visualization of the data set and parameters comprising information pertaining to the data set.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters further comprise metadata for the data set.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters further comprise statistical relations among two or more of variables of the data set.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising generating an explanation for the alternative visualization.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein
the specification of the first visualization comprises a set of visualization components, and
a specification of an alternative visualization is generated by applying a pre-defined heuristic rule to create a modified instance of the set of visualization components.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
generating specifications of a plurality of new visualizations by applying heuristic rules to the specification of the first visualization;
assigning scores to each of the new visualizations; and
producing a subset of the new visualizations based on the scores.