DIY Bertin Matrix with 569 Dominoes and No Glue

Re:DIY Bertin Matrix with 569 Dominoes and No Glue by itronitron on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:31AM (#24071209)

d3.js and Observable are a good place to start, you may need to provide your own sorting/ordering algorithm

[edit] and you can also now easily do this in MS Excel

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Re:DIY Bertin Matrix with 569 Dominoes and No Glue by isoprophlex on Thursday August 06, 2020 @12:41PM (#24072651)

Thanks, I was imprecise, visualizing I can do. It's the sorting algo I was curious about

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Re:DIY Bertin Matrix with 569 Dominoes and No Glue by itronitron on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:13AM (#24078887)

Nearest neighbor ordering algorithms (hierarchical clustering, dendrograms) are well suited for sorting the items in either or both axes. If either axis relates directly to a physical dimension then it might be best to maintain that order in the matrix. A lot of the fun is in working out how to measure distance between items based on their values as that drives the results of the nearest neighbor order.

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