1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463294103321

Autore

Saquib Nazmus

Titolo

Mathematica data visualization : create and prototype interactive data visualizations using Mathematica / / Nazmus Saquib

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, [England] : , : Packt Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78328-300-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Community Experience Distilled

Disciplina

510.28553

Soggetti

Mathematica (Computer program language)

Mathematica (Computer file)

Mathematics - Data processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Visualization as a Tool to Understand Data; The importance of visualization; Types of datasets; Tables; Scalar fields; Time series; Graphs; Text; Cartographic data; Mathematica as a tool for visualization; Getting started with Mathematica; Creating and selecting cells; Evaluating a cell; Suppressing output from a cell; Cell formatting; Commenting; Aborting evaluation; Upcoming chapters; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 2: Dissecting Data Using Mathematica

Data structures and core languagesIntroducing lists; Nested lists; Matrices; Constructing lists programmatically; Accessing elements from a list; Applying set operations on lists; Functions and conditionals; Declaring and using functions; Conditionals; Further core language; Data importing and basic plots; Importing data into Mathematica; SetDirectory[] and NotebookDirectory[]; Loading the dataset; Basic plotting functions; ListPlot; Styling our plots; Plot legends; 3D point plots; Log plots; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 3: Time Series and Scientific Visualization

Periodic patterns in time seriesSector charts; Simulating Internet



activity; SectorChart and its options; Interactive visualization of financial data; The DateListPlot function; Adding interactivity - preliminaries; Intermission - Graphics and Show; Adding interactivity - Dynamic and Refresh; Isocontour and molecular visualization; Introduction to isocontours; Example project - protein molecule visualization; Loading and visualizing the protein molecule; Preparing the isocontour plots; Adding interactivity - manipulate; Isosurface and styling

Thinking like a visualization scientist - isovalue analysisFurther reading; Summary; Chapter 4: Statistical and Information Visualization; Statistical visualization; The swiss bank notes dataset; Histograms and charts; Histogram; PairedHistogram; Histogram3D; PieChart; BubbleChart; Choosing appropriate plots; A glimpse of high-dimensional data; Similarity maps; Projecting information to low dimensions; Visualizing genuine and counterfeit clusters; Similarity map for smaller datasets; Things that can (and will) go wrong; Text visualization; A modified word cloud; Cleaning the data

The basic algorithmCode and explanation; Graphs and networks; A basic graph visualization; Representing graphs in Mathematica; Visualizing the Les Misérables network; Highlighting centrality measures; Other graph layouts; 3D layouts; Chord diagrams; Code and explanation; Tweaking the visualization; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 5: Maps and Aesthetics; Map visualization; The GeoGraphics package; A map of our current location; Plotting a path on the map; Interactivity in GeoGraphics; Anatomy of a map visualization engine; The visual interface; Code and explanation

Aesthetics in visualization

Sommario/riassunto

If you are planning to create data analysis and visualization tools in the context of science, engineering, economics, or social science, then this book is for you. With this book, you will become a visualization expert, in a short time, using Mathematica.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707415603321

Autore

MacKevett E. M (Edward Malcolm), <1918-2006, >

Titolo

Stratigraphy and general geology of the McCarthy C-5 quadrangle, Alaska / / by E.M. MacKevett, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1971

Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 35 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 1323

Soggetti

Geology - Alaska - Wrangell Mountains

Geology, Stratigraphic - Mesozoic

Geology

Geology, Stratigraphic

Mesozoic Geologic Period

Alaska Wrangell Mountains

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed September 15, 2014).

"Descriptions of the rocks of a quadrangle famous for its copper mines."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-35).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698493903321

Autore

Wendelin Timothy J

Titolo

Parabolic trough VSHOT optical characterization in 2005-2006 [[electronic resource] /] / Tim Wendelin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

[Golden, Colo.] : , : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, , 2006

Descrizione fisica

32 unnumbered slides : digital, PDF file

Collana

NREL/PR ; ; 550-40024

Soggetti

Solar energy - Testing

Satellite solar power stations - Research

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed June 13, 2008).

"Presented at the 2006 Parabolic Trough Technology Workshop held on February 14-16, 2006, in Incline Village, Nevada."