Recall that two-dimensional histograms are used to display frequency information. Each object in the histogram is a rectangle whose width is nonzero and whose height is proportional to a given single-valued frequency function. The width of the rectangles may or may not be uniform
Now, a three-dimensional histogram in its simplist form consists of cuboids (rectangular cylinders) whose cross-sectional area is nonzero and whose height is proportional, once more, to a given single-valued frequency function.
In this setting, it possible that the cross sections of the cylinders are not rectangular. For example, consider a map of China on which, for each province, we erect a cylinder that has the cross-sectional shape of the province. Maybe their height indicates the number of people living in the province, or the tonnage of rice produced by the province, ...
The aim of this project is to develop, or discover from the literature, techniques for displaying three-dimensional histograms and then to design and implement a prototype system that produces three-dimensional histograms.
This project is open-ended and configurable to students' interests.