Btukfyl

I'm looking for ideas to improve the layout of the following table.

• Is there a better way to separate ABC Metrics and XYZ Metrics (other than using separate table for each metric)?


• Should I convert Algorithms row into a column?


• Should I convert Dataset row into a column?

I would appreciate any ideas, thanks.

documentclass{article}



usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}  

usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e,booktabs}



begin{document}



begin{table*}[!ht]

        caption{Evaluation results}

        centering

        setlength{tabcolsep}{4pt}

        begin{tabularx}{textwidth}{>{hsize=1.9hsizebfseriesRaggedRight}X!{extracolsep{fill}}*{6}{>{centeringarraybackslashhsize=0.48hsize}X}}

                toprule[1pt]midrule[0.3pt]

                multicolumn{7}{c}{textbf{ABC Metrics}} \ midrule[0.3pt]

                textbf{Algorithm}& multicolumn{2}{c}{textit{Algo 1}} & multicolumn{2}{c}{textit{Algo 2}} & multicolumn{2}{c}{textit{Algo 3}} \

                cmidrule(lr){2-3} cmidrule(lr){4-5} cmidrule(lr){6-7}%

                {Dataset} & $D_1$ & $D_2$ & $D_1$ & $D_2$ & $D_1$ & $D_2$ \

                addlinespace%

                {Matric 1} & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

                addlinespace%

                {Matric 2} & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

                addlinespace%

                {Matric 3} & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

                addlinespace

                {Matric 4} & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

                midrule

                multicolumn{7}{c}{textbf{XYZ Metrics}} \ midrule[0.3pt]

                textbf{Algorithm}& multicolumn{2}{c}{textit{Algo 1}} & multicolumn{2}{c}{textit{Algo 2}} & multicolumn{2}{c}{textit{Algo 3}} \

                cmidrule(lr){2-3} cmidrule(lr){4-5} cmidrule(lr){6-7}%

                {Matric 5} & multicolumn{2}{c}{0} & multicolumn{2}{c}{0} & multicolumn{2}{c}{0} \ addlinespace

                {Matric 6} & multicolumn{2}{c}{0} & multicolumn{2}{c}{0} & multicolumn{2}{c}{0} \

                midrule[0.3pt]bottomrule[1pt]

        end{tabularx}

end{table*}



end{document}

i only repair some inconsistencies in your column width calculation. the sum of the defined widths is 4.78. but it should be an integer number. all other is opinion based ...

my suggestion for your table code (with some opinion based changes and simplification of writing) is:

documentclass{article}

usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

usepackage[skip=1ex]{caption}



usepackage{ragged2e}

usepackage{booktabs,tabularx}

newcommandmcc[1]{multicolumn{2}{c}{#1}}



begin{document}

    begin{table}[!ht]

caption{Evaluation results}

centering

begin{tabularx}{textwidth}{

>{hsize=0.4hsizebfseriesRaggedRight}X

*{6}{>{hsize=0.1hsizecenteringarraybackslash}X}}

    toprule

multicolumn{7}{c}{textbf{ABC Metrics}} \

    midrule

textbf{Algorithm}

    & mcc{textit{Algo 1}} & mcc{textit{Algo 2}} & mcc{textit{Algo 3}} \

    cmidrule(lr){2-3} cmidrule(lr){4-5} cmidrule(lr){6-7}%

Dataset     & $D_1$ & $D_2$ & $D_1$ & $D_2$ & $D_1$ & $D_2$ \

    midrule

 Matric 1   & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

    addlinespace%

Matric 2    & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

    addlinespace%

Matric 3    & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

    addlinespace

Matric 4    & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \

    midrule

multicolumn{7}{c}{textbf{XYZ Metrics}} \ midrule[0.3pt]

textbf{Algorithm}

    & mcc{textit{Algo 1}} & mcc{textit{Algo 2}} & mcc{textit{Algo 3}} \

    cmidrule(lr){2-3} cmidrule(lr){4-5} cmidrule(lr){6-7}%

{Matric 5} & mcc{0} & mcc{0} & mcc{0} \ 

    addlinespace

{Matric 6} & mcc{0} & mcc{0} & mcc{0} \

    bottomrule

end{tabularx}

    end{table}

end{document}

which gives: