Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics
Thoth is a free desktop/laptop software application with a friendly graphical user interface that facilitates routine data-visualization and statistical-calculation tasks for astronomy and astrophysical research (and other fields where numbers are visualized). This software has been upgraded with ma...
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| author | Russ R. Laher Frank J. Masci Luisa M. Rebull Steven D. Schurr Wendy Burt Anastasia Laity Melanie Swain David L. Shupe Steve Groom Benjamin Rusholme Mih-Seh Kong John C. Good Varoujan Gorjian Rachel Akeson Benjamin J. Fulton David R. Ciardi Sean Carey |
| author_facet | Russ R. Laher Frank J. Masci Luisa M. Rebull Steven D. Schurr Wendy Burt Anastasia Laity Melanie Swain David L. Shupe Steve Groom Benjamin Rusholme Mih-Seh Kong John C. Good Varoujan Gorjian Rachel Akeson Benjamin J. Fulton David R. Ciardi Sean Carey |
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| description | Thoth is a free desktop/laptop software application with a friendly graphical user interface that facilitates routine data-visualization and statistical-calculation tasks for astronomy and astrophysical research (and other fields where numbers are visualized). This software has been upgraded with many significant improvements and new capabilities. The major upgrades consist of: (1) six new graph types, including 3D stacked-bar charts and 3D surface plots, made by the Orson 3D Charts library; (2) new saving and loading of graph settings; (3) a new batch-mode or command-line operation; (4) new graph-data annotation functions; (5) new options for data-file importation; and (6) a new built-in FITS-image viewer. There is now the requirement that Thoth be run under Java 1.8 or higher. Many other miscellaneous minor upgrades and bug fixes have also been made to Thoth. The newly implemented plotting options generally make possible graph construction and reuse with relative ease, without resorting to writing computer code. The illustrative astronomy case study of this paper demonstrates one of the many ways the software can be utilized. These new software features and refinements help make astronomers more efficient in their work of elucidating data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcd85b10586b476d8d2f5d1a2afb8a202023-11-17T09:10:05ZengMDPI AGAnalytics2813-22032023-03-012128429510.3390/analytics2010015Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and StatisticsRuss R. Laher0Frank J. Masci1Luisa M. Rebull2Steven D. Schurr3Wendy Burt4Anastasia Laity5Melanie Swain6David L. Shupe7Steve Groom8Benjamin Rusholme9Mih-Seh Kong10John C. Good11Varoujan Gorjian12Rachel Akeson13Benjamin J. Fulton14David R. Ciardi15Sean Carey16IPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAIPAC, California Institute of Technology, M/S 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USAThoth is a free desktop/laptop software application with a friendly graphical user interface that facilitates routine data-visualization and statistical-calculation tasks for astronomy and astrophysical research (and other fields where numbers are visualized). This software has been upgraded with many significant improvements and new capabilities. The major upgrades consist of: (1) six new graph types, including 3D stacked-bar charts and 3D surface plots, made by the Orson 3D Charts library; (2) new saving and loading of graph settings; (3) a new batch-mode or command-line operation; (4) new graph-data annotation functions; (5) new options for data-file importation; and (6) a new built-in FITS-image viewer. There is now the requirement that Thoth be run under Java 1.8 or higher. Many other miscellaneous minor upgrades and bug fixes have also been made to Thoth. The newly implemented plotting options generally make possible graph construction and reuse with relative ease, without resorting to writing computer code. The illustrative astronomy case study of this paper demonstrates one of the many ways the software can be utilized. These new software features and refinements help make astronomers more efficient in their work of elucidating data.https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2203/2/1/15analysisvisualizationgraphingstatisticsresearch |
| spellingShingle | Russ R. Laher Frank J. Masci Luisa M. Rebull Steven D. Schurr Wendy Burt Anastasia Laity Melanie Swain David L. Shupe Steve Groom Benjamin Rusholme Mih-Seh Kong John C. Good Varoujan Gorjian Rachel Akeson Benjamin J. Fulton David R. Ciardi Sean Carey Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics Analytics analysis visualization graphing statistics research |
| title | Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics |
| title_full | Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics |
| title_fullStr | Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics |
| title_short | Upgraded Thoth: Software for Data Visualization and Statistics |
| title_sort | upgraded thoth software for data visualization and statistics |
| topic | analysis visualization graphing statistics research |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2203/2/1/15 |
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