Data Visualizer

Overview

Automated visualization generation for exploratory data analysis, model performance reporting, and stakeholder communication. Creates publication-quality plots, interactive dashboards, and business-friendly reports—all integrated with SpecWeave's increment workflow.

Visualization Categories

1. Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

Automated EDA Report:

from specweave import EDAVisualizer

visualizer = EDAVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Generates comprehensive EDA report
report = visualizer.generate_eda_report(df)

# Creates:
# - Dataset overview (rows, columns, memory, missing values)
# - Numerical feature distributions (histograms + KDE)
# - Categorical feature counts (bar charts)
# - Correlation heatmap
# - Missing value pattern
# - Outlier detection plots
# - Feature relationships (pairplot for top features)

Individual EDA Plots:

# Distribution plots
visualizer.plot_distribution(
    data=df['age'],
    title="Age Distribution",
    bins=30
)

# Correlation heatmap
visualizer.plot_correlation_heatmap(
    data=df[numerical_columns],
    method='pearson'  # or 'spearman', 'kendall'
)

# Missing value patterns
visualizer.plot_missing_values(df)

# Outlier detection (boxplots)
visualizer.plot_outliers(df[numerical_columns])

2. Model Performance Visualizations

Classification Performance:

from specweave import ClassificationVisualizer

viz = ClassificationVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Confusion matrix
viz.plot_confusion_matrix(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_pred=y_pred,
    classes=['Negative', 'Positive']
)

# ROC curve
viz.plot_roc_curve(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_proba=y_proba
)

# Precision-Recall curve
viz.plot_precision_recall_curve(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_proba=y_proba
)

# Learning curves (train vs val)
viz.plot_learning_curve(
    train_scores=train_scores,
    val_scores=val_scores
)

# Calibration curve (are probabilities well-calibrated?)
viz.plot_calibration_curve(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_proba=y_proba
)

Regression Performance:

from specweave import RegressionVisualizer

viz = RegressionVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Predicted vs Actual
viz.plot_predictions(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_pred=y_pred
)

# Residual plot
viz.plot_residuals(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_pred=y_pred
)

# Residual distribution (should be normal)
viz.plot_residual_distribution(
    residuals=y_test - y_pred
)

# Error by feature value
viz.plot_error_analysis(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_pred=y_pred,
    features=X_test
)

3. Feature Analysis Visualizations

Feature Importance:

from specweave import FeatureVisualizer

viz = FeatureVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Feature importance (bar chart)
viz.plot_feature_importance(
    feature_names=feature_names,
    importances=model.feature_importances_,
    top_n=20
)

# SHAP summary plot
viz.plot_shap_summary(
    shap_values=shap_values,
    features=X_test
)

# Partial dependence plots
viz.plot_partial_dependence(
    model=model,
    features=['age', 'income'],
    X=X_train
)

# Feature interaction
viz.plot_feature_interaction(
    model=model,
    features=('age', 'income'),
    X=X_train
)

4. Time Series Visualizations

Time Series Plots:

from specweave import TimeSeriesVisualizer

viz = TimeSeriesVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Time series with trend
viz.plot_timeseries(
    data=sales_data,
    show_trend=True
)

# Seasonal decomposition
viz.plot_seasonal_decomposition(
    data=sales_data,
    period=12  # Monthly seasonality
)

# Autocorrelation (ACF, PACF)
viz.plot_autocorrelation(data=sales_data)

# Forecast with confidence intervals
viz.plot_forecast(
    actual=test_data,
    forecast=forecast,
    confidence_intervals=(0.80, 0.95)
)

5. Model Comparison Visualizations

Compare Multiple Models:

from specweave import ModelComparisonVisualizer

viz = ModelComparisonVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Compare metrics across models
viz.plot_model_comparison(
    models=['Baseline', 'XGBoost', 'LightGBM', 'Neural Net'],
    metrics={
        'accuracy': [0.65, 0.87, 0.86, 0.85],
        'roc_auc': [0.70, 0.92, 0.91, 0.90],
        'training_time': [1, 45, 32, 320]
    }
)

# ROC curves for multiple models
viz.plot_roc_curves_comparison(
    models_predictions={
        'XGBoost': (y_test, y_proba_xgb),
        'LightGBM': (y_test, y_proba_lgbm),
        'Neural Net': (y_test, y_proba_nn)
    }
)

Interactive Visualizations

Plotly Integration:

from specweave import InteractiveVisualizer

viz = InteractiveVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Interactive scatter plot (zoom, pan, hover)
viz.plot_interactive_scatter(
    x=X_test[:, 0],
    y=X_test[:, 1],
    colors=y_pred,
    hover_data=df[['id', 'amount', 'merchant']]
)

# Interactive confusion matrix (click for details)
viz.plot_interactive_confusion_matrix(
    y_true=y_test,
    y_pred=y_pred
)

# Interactive feature importance (sortable, filterable)
viz.plot_interactive_feature_importance(
    feature_names=feature_names,
    importances=importances
)

Business Reporting

Automated ML Report:

from specweave import MLReportGenerator

generator = MLReportGenerator(increment="0042")

# Generate executive summary report
report = generator.generate_report(
    model=model,
    test_data=(X_test, y_test),
    business_metrics={
        'false_positive_cost': 5,
        'false_negative_cost': 500
    }
)

# Creates:
# - Executive summary (1 page, non-technical)
# - Key metrics (accuracy, precision, recall)
# - Business impact ($$ saved, ROI)
# - Model performance visualizations
# - Recommendations
# - Technical appendix

Report Output (HTML/PDF):

# Fraud Detection Model - Executive Summary

## Key Results
- **Accuracy**: 87% (target: >85%) ✅
- **Fraud Detection Rate**: 62% (catching 310 frauds/day)
- **False Positive Rate**: 38% (190 false alarms/day)

## Business Impact
- **Fraud Prevented**: $155,000/day
- **Review Cost**: $950/day (190 transactions × $5)
- **Net Benefit**: $154,050/day ✅
- **Annual Savings**: $56.2M

## Model Performance
[Confusion Matrix Visualization]
[ROC Curve]
[Feature Importance]

## Recommendations
1. ✅ Deploy to production immediately
2. Monitor fraud patterns weekly
3. Retrain model monthly with new data

Dashboard Creation

Real-Time Dashboard:

from specweave import DashboardCreator

creator = DashboardCreator(increment="0042")

# Create Grafana/Plotly dashboard
dashboard = creator.create_dashboard(
    title="Model Performance Dashboard",
    panels=[
        {'type': 'metric', 'query': 'prediction_latency_p95'},
        {'type': 'metric', 'query': 'predictions_per_second'},
        {'type': 'timeseries', 'query': 'accuracy_over_time'},
        {'type': 'timeseries', 'query': 'error_rate'},
        {'type': 'heatmap', 'query': 'prediction_distribution'},
        {'type': 'table', 'query': 'recent_anomalies'}
    ]
)

# Exports to Grafana JSON or Plotly Dash app
dashboard.export(format='grafana')

Visualization Best Practices

1. Publication-Quality Plots

# Set consistent styling
visualizer.set_style(
    style='seaborn',  # Or 'ggplot', 'fivethirtyeight'
    context='paper',  # Or 'notebook', 'talk', 'poster'
    palette='colorblind'  # Accessible colors
)

# High-resolution exports
visualizer.save_figure(
    filename='model_performance.png',
    dpi=300,  # Publication quality
    bbox_inches='tight'
)

2. Accessible Visualizations

# Colorblind-friendly palettes
visualizer.use_colorblind_palette()

# Add alt text for accessibility
visualizer.add_alt_text(
    plot=fig,
    description="Confusion matrix showing 87% accuracy"
)

# High contrast for presentations
visualizer.set_high_contrast_mode()

3. Annotation and Context

# Add reference lines
viz.add_reference_line(
    y=0.85,  # Target accuracy
    label='Target',
    color='red',
    linestyle='--'
)

# Add annotations
viz.annotate_point(
    x=optimal_threshold,
    y=optimal_f1,
    text='Optimal threshold: 0.47'
)

Integration with SpecWeave

Automated Visualization in Increments

# All visualizations auto-saved to increment folder
visualizer = EDAVisualizer(increment="0042")

# Creates:
# .specweave/increments/0042-fraud-detection/
# ├── visualizations/
# │   ├── eda/
# │   │   ├── distributions.png
# │   │   ├── correlation_heatmap.png
# │   │   └── missing_values.png
# │   ├── model_performance/
# │   │   ├── confusion_matrix.png
# │   │   ├── roc_curve.png
# │   │   ├── precision_recall.png
# │   │   └── learning_curves.png
# │   ├── feature_analysis/
# │   │   ├── feature_importance.png
# │   │   ├── shap_summary.png
# │   │   └── partial_dependence/
# │   └── reports/
# │       ├── executive_summary.html
# │       └── technical_report.pdf

Living Docs Integration

/sw:sync-docs update

Updates:

<!-- .specweave/docs/internal/architecture/ml-model-performance.md -->

## Fraud Detection Model Performance (Increment 0042)

### Model Accuracy
![Confusion Matrix](../../../increments/0042-fraud-detection/visualizations/confusion_matrix.png)

### Key Metrics
- Accuracy: 87%
- Precision: 85%
- Recall: 62%
- ROC AUC: 0.92

### Feature Importance
![Top Features](../../../increments/0042-fraud-detection/visualizations/feature_importance.png)

Top 5 features:
1. amount_vs_user_average (0.18)
2. days_since_last_purchase (0.12)
3. merchant_risk_score (0.10)
4. velocity_24h (0.08)
5. location_distance_from_home (0.07)

Commands

# Generate EDA report
/ml:visualize-eda 0042

# Generate model performance report
/ml:visualize-performance 0042

# Create interactive dashboard
/ml:create-dashboard 0042

# Export all visualizations
/ml:export-visualizations 0042 --format png,pdf,html

Advanced Features

1. Automated Report Generation

# Generate full increment report with all visualizations
generator = IncrementReportGenerator(increment="0042")

report = generator.generate_full_report()

# Includes:
# - EDA visualizations
# - Experiment comparisons
# - Best model performance
# - Feature importance
# - Business impact
# - Deployment readiness

2. Custom Visualization Templates

# Create reusable templates
template = VisualizationTemplate(name="fraud_analysis")

template.add_panel("confusion_matrix")
template.add_panel("roc_curve")
template.add_panel("top_fraud_features")
template.add_panel("fraud_trends_over_time")

# Apply to any increment
template.apply(increment="0042")

3. Version Control for Visualizations

# Track visualization changes across model versions
viz_tracker = VisualizationTracker(increment="0042")

# Compare model v1 vs v2 visualizations
viz_tracker.compare_versions(
    version_1="model-v1",
    version_2="model-v2"
)

# Shows: Confusion matrix improved, ROC curve comparison, etc.

Summary

Data visualization is critical for:

✅ Exploratory data analysis (understand data before modeling)
✅ Model performance communication (stakeholder buy-in)
✅ Feature analysis (understand what drives predictions)
✅ Business reporting (translate metrics to impact)
✅ Model debugging (identify issues visually)

This skill automates visualization generation, ensuring all ML work is visual, accessible, and business-friendly within SpecWeave's increment workflow.

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