Enabling fundamental understanding of Nature with novel binning methods for 2D histograms
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| author | Vaiman, Igor |
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| contents | Context. Visualization of 2D distributions is an essential task, commonly done with a 2D histogram. The histogram is built by subdividing the sample space into regions and color-coding the number of samples in each region. Aims. We aim to solve long-standing problems with common 2D histogram methods: lack of thematic, visual, and conceptual unity with underlying data, and general stagnation in the field. Methods. We develop a new method for plotting 2D histograms with arbitrary bin shapes, including aperiodic tilings and geographic maps. We apply the method to several common plot types from the literature. Results. We find our method performs best across all tasks, solving the problems and propelling the scientific progress forward. |
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| spellingShingle | Enabling fundamental understanding of Nature with novel binning methods for 2D histograms Vaiman, Igor Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Context. Visualization of 2D distributions is an essential task, commonly done with a 2D histogram. The histogram is built by subdividing the sample space into regions and color-coding the number of samples in each region. Aims. We aim to solve long-standing problems with common 2D histogram methods: lack of thematic, visual, and conceptual unity with underlying data, and general stagnation in the field. Methods. We develop a new method for plotting 2D histograms with arbitrary bin shapes, including aperiodic tilings and geographic maps. We apply the method to several common plot types from the literature. Results. We find our method performs best across all tasks, solving the problems and propelling the scientific progress forward. |
| title | Enabling fundamental understanding of Nature with novel binning methods for 2D histograms |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.30006 |