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May 27, 2026Data0 citationsOpen Access

A Visual Analytics Workflow for Dashboard-Based Classification Support Using Information Gain and Histogram Segmentation

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MBMarko BlažićVOVišnja OgnjenovićSPS. Popov

Key Points

  • This research aims to develop and evaluate a visual analytics workflow that enhances classification-related exploratory analysis using existing analytical components.
  • Developed a dashboard-oriented visual analytics workflow prioritizing attributes using information gain.
  • Examined the workflow with three datasets: Iris, educational performance, and Oil and Gas.
  • Conducted a small user study to assess interpretability and usability of the dashboard.
  • Information gain prioritized attributes revealed clearer class-related structures in the dashboard view.
  • Histogram segmentation allowed for effective interpretation of class concentration and overlap.
  • Higher-ranked attributes demonstrated lower class uncertainty and maintained strong discriminative information when evaluated.

Abstract

This paper presents a dashboard-oriented visual analytics workflow for classification-related exploratory analysis based on Information Gain (IG), histogram segmentation, and complementary localized interpretation through the Precise Piecewise Correlation (PPC) method. The workflow is designed to support the construction of a primary dashboard view by prioritizing attributes with stronger relevance to the decision variable and inspecting their class-related behavior within segmented histogram intervals. Rather than introducing a new standalone feature-selection metric, this study formalizes how established analytical components can be integrated into a coherent dashboard framework for structured visual inspection. The proposed workflow was examined on three datasets from different application domains: the Iris dataset, an educational performance dataset, and an Oil and Gas dataset. Across these cases, IG-based prioritization identified attributes that provided clearer class-related structure in the primary dashboard view, while histogram segmentation supported interval-level interpretation of class concentration and overlap. A compact quantitative evaluation further showed that top-ranked IG subsets retained strong discriminative information under standard classification models, whereas lower-ranked subsets generally performed less favorably. Entropy-based segment analysis additionally indicated lower local class uncertainty for higher-ranked attributes. A small user study provided preliminary user-centered support for the interpretability and practical usefulness of the proposed dashboard structure. The results suggest that the proposed workflow can support dashboard-based inspection of class-related patterns across different contexts.

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Blažić et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a168b280c924ddd1bd5a094https://doi.org/10.3390/data11060128
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