Table 1.

MS Pattern Explorer’s design requirements.

Requirement	Description
R1 Attribute selection	Switch between heart rate and step count attributes interactively.
R2 Patient selection	Enable selection of a PwMS for detailed analysis.
R3 Granularity control	Adapt visual interfaces and algorithmic support to changes in time granularity.
R4 Sequence and pattern specification	Specify the length of temporal phenomena to limit search space and enhance search efficiency.
R5 Model control	Provide interactive control for ML clustering and retrieval.
R6 Within and between-PwMS analysis	Support workflows for both single and multiple PwMS analysis.
R7 Analysis history	Automatically track workflow history and enable return to different stages.