<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
a	O
data	O
visualization	O
method	O
for	O
showing	O
set	O
data	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
intersecting	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
sets	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
intersections	O
are	O
shown	O
as	O
bar	B-Application
charts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
were	O
first	O
proposed	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
related	O
to	O
Mosaic	B-Application
Plots	I-Application
,	O
although	O
Mosaic	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
designed	O
for	O
categorical	O
instead	O
of	O
set	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
became	O
popular	O
as	O
they	O
became	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
R	B-Language
-library	O
based	O
on	O
Matplotlib	B-Language
,	O
and	O
were	O
subsequently	O
re-implemented	O
in	O
various	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
now	O
frequently	O
used	O
instead	O
of	O
Venn	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
,	O
especially	O
in	O
life	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
visualize	O
intersections	O
between	O
sets	O
in	O
a	O
matrix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
vertical	O
UpSet	B-Application
plot	I-Application
,	O
the	O
columns	O
of	O
the	O
matrix	O
correspond	O
to	O
the	O
sets	O
,	O
the	O
rows	O
correspond	O
to	O
the	O
intersections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
sets	O
vary	O
in	O
size	O
,	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
set	O
is	O
plotted	O
as	O
bar	B-Application
charts	I-Application
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
columns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
intersections	O
are	O
shown	O
aligned	O
with	O
the	O
rows	O
,	O
also	O
as	O
bar	B-Application
charts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
can	O
be	O
sorted	O
in	O
various	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
visualize	O
attributes	O
about	O
the	O
intersections	O
by	O
placing	O
attribute	O
visualizations	O
next	O
to	O
the	O
bar	B-Application
charts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
choices	O
for	O
these	O
attribute	O
visualizations	O
are	O
compact	O
visualization	O
approaches	O
for	O
distributions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
box	B-Application
plots	I-Application
,	O
or	O
violin	B-Application
plots	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
features	O
of	O
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
include	O
querying	O
,	O
grouping	O
and	O
aggregating	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
tend	O
to	O
perform	O
better	O
than	O
Venn	B-Application
diagrams	I-Application
for	O
larger	O
numbers	O
of	O
sets	O
and	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
desirable	O
to	O
also	O
show	O
contextual	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
set	O
intersections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
visualizing	O
diagrams	O
with	O
less	O
than	O
three	O
sets	O
,	O
or	O
when	O
there	O
are	O
only	O
few	O
intersections	O
,	O
Venn	O
and	O
Euler	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
are	O
generally	O
preferred	O
,	O
because	O
they	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
familiar	O
and	O
intuitive	O
to	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UpSet	B-Application
plots	I-Application
are	O
limited	O
to	O
displaying	O
20-30	O
sets	O
,	O
though	O
specifics	O
depends	O
on	O
the	O
actual	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
