On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Todd <toddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > This sort of plot is used ubiquitously in neuroscience. It is used to show > the time of discrete neural (brain cell) events (called "spikes") over time > in repeated trials, and is generally called a spike raster, raster plot, or > raster graph. However, it can be used in any situation where you are only > concerned with the position of events but not their amplitude, especially if > you want to look for patterns in those events or look for differences > between multiple sequences of events.
This is very closely related to "rug plots", which are often used as an axis annotation or elsewhere where it's nice to have a small 1-d density plot. Examples: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/projects/graphics/ http://rforge.org/2009/08/10/fancy-rugs-in-regression-plots/ -n ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
