Benchmark Development for the Evaluation of Visualization for Data Mining

Published

February 1, 1999

Author(s)

Sharon J. Laskowski, Georges Grinstein, Paul Hoffman, R Pickett

Abstract

New sets of powerful data visualization tools have appeared in the marketplace and in the research community. This, combined with readily available computer memory, speed, and graphics capabilities, makes it possible to explore larger and larger data sets. However, it is difficult to judge the effectiveness of these tools for supporting large scale information exploration and knowledge discovery. In this paper, we describe a set of issues critical to benchmarking and evaluation in this domain. We then propose an approach to constructing an evaluation environment and report on initial results from a prototype environment in which we tested five visualization approaches against nine existing data sets.

Citation

- 6287

Report Number

6287

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Keywords

benchmarks, data mining, data visualization, evaluation, knowledge discovery

Citation

Laskowski, S. , Grinstein, G. , Hoffman, P. and Pickett, R. (1999), Benchmark Development for the Evaluation of Visualization for Data Mining, - 6287, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 12, 2025)