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Draw Diagrams For Intersection Between Many Sets

Venn diagrams are often used for datas with less than 5 sets
i found some figures are insteresting, but don't know how to draw figures like this:

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updated by quentin.delettre quentin.delettre • written by Plantae Plantae

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You can also use chord diagrams. See d3.js and Circos.

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written by quentin.delettre quentin.delettre

The two figure I attached show overlaps between 10 sets, 22 sets. i think it is impossbile to draw venn diagrams for so much sets.

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written by Plantae Plantae

It's worse than that: it is impossible to draw exact, area-proportional Venn (Euler) diagrams with circles for even three sets, though approximations are widely available. By loosening the circular constraint of an Euler diagram, a group at Microsoft Research came up with a fan-shaped diagram (also called a "ConSet") that provides precise area-proportionality. Their paper describes the issue in more detail: http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/64283/iwc2007-conset.pdf

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