Sunburst and Icicle Plots
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It is a technique that shows hierarchical structure and, at the same time, aims to be as scalable as treemaps.
The center is the root node. Areas are proportionate to node values. Every layer has children of the nodes in the previous layer.
As shown, it uses a radial layout.
It is essentially the same as a sunburst, but doesn't use a radial layout.
They use space less efficiently, but make it easier to perceive hierarchy.
The top layer is the root node, areas are proportionate to node values, and every layer has the child nodes of the nodes in the layer above it.
