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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Abderrahim Labbi, Zurich, CH;
Michail Vlachos, Rueschlikon, CH;
Christos Boutsidis, Troy, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments include a method for re-ordering and visualizing a matrix in the presence of a data hierarchy stored on a computer system, the method including receiving a matrix, in the computer system, the matrix having rows and columns, reordering the matrix so that groups of related rows and columns are brought in adjacent matrix positions, wherein reordering the matrix A obeys constraints imposed by the data hierarchy on at least one of the rows and the columns and reordering the hierarchy on at least one of the rows and columns, wherein affinities in the data hierarchy are extracted by the reordering of the data hierarchy.