Multivariate visualization techniques are often used as assistant tools for classification tasks up to now. However, few classification
systems fully utilize the capability of multivariate visualization and integrate them with multivariate analysis algorithms
into a compact system. We propose an interactive visual classification model based on some multivariate graphical presentation
in this paper. As an example of it, a visual classifier based on parallel coordinates plot is developed. The multivariate
data is first mapped to the parallel coordinates plot, and then an optimizer based on linear discriminant analysis optimizes
it into the visualization more fit for classification tasks. This optimized visualization then can be processed by decision
tree algorithm and attain classification rules. It has the merit of making the invisible visible and users can steer the classification
process, consequently favor the understanding and knowledge discovery of original data.
Keywords multivariate visualization - multivariate data analysis - linear discriminant analysis - parallel coordinates - decision trees