eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene Miya N.) (05/07/87)
I would like to find some software to generate Chernoff faces:
%A Herman Chernoff
%Z Stanford
%T The Use of Faces to Represent Points in k-Dimensional Space
Graphically
%J Journals of the American Statistical Association
%V 68
%N 342
%D June 1973
%P 361-368
What I can tell from the original article is it ran on IBM mainframes.
I am aware of similar work shown in Tufte's book in data display (aka: how to
lie with graphics) and I know the 1979 ACM/SIGGRAPH slide set has two
LASL/LANL slides with faces, but no one there was able to help me. I
would prefer the full 18 dimensions HC used in his paper. We have a
variety of plotting packages: DI-3000, DISPLA, S, dataplot, and others
like Mac and PC packages. I would also consider the ability to use
icons other than faces (the second LANL example uses tank trucks to
represent oil companies).
From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
--eugene miya
NASA Ames Research Center
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