parcoord {MASS}R Documentation

Parallel Coordinates Plot

Description

Parallel coordinates plot

Usage

parcoord(x, col = 1, lty = 1, ...)

Arguments

x a matrix or data frame who columns represent variables.
col A vector of colours, recycled as necessary for each observation.
lty A vector of line types, recycled as necessary for each observation.
... Further graphics parameters which are passed to matplot.

Side Effects

a parallel coordinates plots is drawn.

References

Wegman, E. J. (1990) Hyperdimensional data analysis using parallel coordinates. Journal of the American Statistical Association 85, 664–675.

Examples

data(state)
parcoord(state.x77[, c(7, 4, 6, 2, 5, 3)])

data(iris3)
ir <- rbind(iris3[,,1], iris3[,,2], iris3[,,3])
parcoord(log(ir)[, c(3, 4, 2, 1)], col = 1 + (0:149)%/%50)

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