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t-viSNE: Interactive Assessment and Interpretation of t-SNE Projections
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM). (ISOVIS;DISA-VAESS)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9079-2376
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM). (ISOVIS;DISA-VAESS)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2901-935X
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of computer science and media technology (CM). (ISOVIS;DISA-VAESS)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0519-2537
2020 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, ISSN 1077-2626, E-ISSN 1941-0506, Vol. 26, no 8, p. 2696-2714Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) for the visualization of multidimensional data has proven to be a popular approach, with successful applications in a wide range of domains. Despite their usefulness, t-SNE projections can be hard to interpret or even misleading, which hurts the trustworthiness of the results. Understanding the details of t-SNE itself and the reasons behind specific patterns in its output may be a daunting task, especially for non-experts in dimensionality reduction. In this work, we present t-viSNE, an interactive tool for the visual exploration of t-SNE projections that enables analysts to inspect different aspects of their accuracy and meaning, such as the effects of hyper-parameters, distance and neighborhood preservation, densities and costs of specific neighborhoods, and the correlations between dimensions and visual patterns. We propose a coherent, accessible, and well-integrated collection of different views for the visualization of t-SNE projections. The applicability and usability of t-viSNE are demonstrated through hypothetical usage scenarios with real data sets. Finally, we present the results of a user study where the tool’s effectiveness was evaluated. By bringing to light information that would normally be lost after running t-SNE, we hope to support analysts in using t-SNE and making its results better understandable.

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IEEE, 2020. Vol. 26, no 8, p. 2696-2714
Keywords [en]
Interpretable t-SNE, dimensionality reduction, high-dimensional data, explainable machine learning, visualization
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Computer Sciences Human Computer Interaction
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Computer Science, Information and software visualization
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-93240DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2020.2986996ISI: 000546115000011PubMedID: 32305922Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85087465155OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-93240DiVA, id: diva2:1421180
Available from: 2020-04-02 Created: 2020-04-02 Last updated: 2021-05-07Bibliographically approved

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