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diff --git a/doc/analysis-visual.md b/doc/analysis-visual.md index b069bd0..1ac4924 100644 --- a/doc/analysis-visual.md +++ b/doc/analysis-visual.md @@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ The parameter and NFP filters from [Textual Data Analysis](analysis-textual.md) There are two ways of visualizing all measured data independent of their parameters: -* `--boxplot-unparam PREFIX` writes boxplots of all observations to PREFIX(name)-(attribute).pdf and combined boxplots to PREFIX(name).pdf. These may be helpful to see which observations are stable and which show a lot of variance, possibly due to the influence of parameters. -* `--plot-unparam=name:attribute:ylabel` plots all observations of name/attribute in the order in which they were observed. Useful to identify trends (especially when the parameter variation scheme is known as well) and interference. +* `--boxplot-unparam PREFIX` writes boxplots of all observations to PREFIX(name)-(attribute).pdf and combined boxplots to PREFIX(name).pdf. + These may be helpful to see which observations are stable and which show a lot of variance, possibly due to the influence of parameters. + By default, the boxplots are also shown interactively; use `--non-interactive` to display that. +* `--plot-unparam=name:attribute:ylabel` plots all observations of name/attribute in the order in which they were observed. + Useful to identify trends (especially when the parameter variation scheme is known as well) and interference. + The plot is shown interactively, but not written to the filesystem. ## Influence of a single Non-Functional Property on a Performance Attribute @@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ a different colour. Combining it with `--filter-param` and `--ignore-param` may help de-clutter the plot. dfatool will additionally plot the predicted performance for each distinct -configuration as a solid line. +configuration as a solid line. The plot is saved to (name)-(attribute)-(parameter).pdf +and shown interactively unless `--non-interactive` has been specified.  |