Graph drawing aestheticscreated by users, not algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-92

  Purchase, Helen C ^a   Pilcher, Christopher ^b   Plimmer, Beryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evaluation methodology; graphs and networks; user interfaces

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC LAYOUT; EDGE CROSSING; EDITING SYSTEMS; EVALUATION/METHODOLOGY; GRAPH DRAWING; GRAPH DRAWING ALGORITHMS; GRAPHS AND NETWORKS; GRID-BASED; HAND MOVEMENT; INTERACTION METHODS; POINT-AND-CLICK INTERFACE; SKETCH INTERFACES;

ALGORITHMS; USER INTERFACES;

DRAWING (GRAPHICS);

EID: 81455131690     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2010.269     Document Type: Article

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