<s>
A	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
any	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
different	O
specific	O
types	O
of	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
more	O
common	O
plot	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
one	O
that	O
illustrates	O
the	O
interaction	O
between	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
independent	O
variables	O
and	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
dependent	O
variables	O
in	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
incorporate	O
more	O
variables	O
,	O
another	O
feature	O
that	O
distinguishes	O
a	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
from	O
an	O
equivalent	O
contour	O
plot	O
or	O
3D	O
surface	O
plot	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
more	O
accurately	O
interpolate	O
data	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
conventional	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
can	O
capture	O
the	O
interaction	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
independent	O
variables	O
and	O
three	O
dependent	O
variables	O
and	O
still	O
be	O
easily	O
read	O
and	O
interpolated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carpet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
have	O
common	O
applications	O
within	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
material	O
science	O
for	O
showing	O
elastic	O
modulus	O
in	O
laminates	O
,	O
and	O
within	O
aeronautics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
plot	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
is	O
the	O
temporal	B-Application
raster	I-Application
plot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
with	O
two	O
independent	O
variables	O
and	O
one	O
dependent	O
variable	O
is	O
often	O
called	O
a	O
cheater	O
plot	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
phantom	O
"	O
cheater	O
"	O
axis	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
horizontal	O
axis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
a	O
true	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
represents	O
two	O
independent	O
variables	O
and	O
two	O
dependent	O
variables	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
corresponding	O
way	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
information	O
on	O
a	O
conventional	O
contour	O
plot	O
or	O
3D	O
surface	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contours	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
cheater	O
plots	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
true	O
carpet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technique	O
may	O
result	O
in	O
too	O
much	O
overlapping	O
of	O
carpets	O
in	O
a	O
true	O
carpet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
but	O
is	O
always	O
possible	O
for	O
a	O
cheater	O
plot	O
because	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
additional	O
carpets	O
can	O
be	O
adjusted	O
on	O
the	O
phantom	O
horizontal	O
axis	O
.	O
</s>
