Re: [matplotlib-devel] New plot type idea -- EventRaster

[Nathaniel S. <nj...@po...>]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Todd <tod...@gm...> 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