Abstract
Humans use intuition and experience to classify everything they perceive, but only if the distinguishing patterns are visible. Machine-learning algorithms can learn class information from data sets, but the created classes' meaning isn't always clear. A proposed mixed-initiative approach combines intuitive visualizations with machine learning to tap into the strengths of human and machine classification. The use of visualizations in an expert-guided clustering technique allows the display of complex data sets in a way that allows human input into machine clustering. Test participants successfully employed this technique to classify analytic activities using behavioral observations of a creative-analysis task. The results demonstrate how visualization of the machine-learned classification can help users create more robust and intuitive categories.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8-14 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2010 |