VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE FOR THE PURCHASING INFORMATION USING 3DCG

Abstract

We had proposed a visualization software product for the purchasing information using the three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG) technology and explain results of proposed software. It can draw four variables in the three dimensional space. Three variables of them divide the data set into some groups. These groups are displayed as cubes. Aggregated values which are calculated by one variable in each group, are shown with a color of the cube. A large value is a dark color and a small value is a light color. We can also take aspects out of cubes to see their detail or compare them. They are displayed like a heat-map. We had implemented the software using the Java language and MySQL. We had visualized the data set that was provided for the date competition organized by the Joint Association Study Group of Management Science, and explained results of trend of the purchasing information.