Combining hierarchy and energy for drawing directed graphs

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-57

  Carmel, Liran ^a   Harel, David ^a   Koren, Yehuda ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Directed graph drawing; Fiedler vector; Force directed layout; Hierarchy energy; Minimum linear arrangement

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED GRAPH DRAWING; FIEDLER VECTOR; FORCE DIRECTED LAYOUT; HIERARCHY ENERGY; MINIMUM LINEAR ARRANGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EDGE DETECTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PAINTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PAINTINGS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 4243182673     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2004.1260757     Document Type: Article

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