[sci.math] Graph node layout

pq@fctunl.rccn.pt (Paulo Quaresma) (06/05/90)

Hi,

Is there an algorithm (or paper) to layout the nodes of a graph ?
Something to avoid  cluttering...



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himsolt@trillian-gw.fmi.uni-passau.de (Michael Himsolt) (06/07/90)

There is a bibliography on graph layout by P. Eades and R. Tamassia :

P. Eades, R. Tamassia : "Algorithms for Automatic Graph Drawing: An
Annotated Bibliography", Technical Report CS-89-09, Dept. of Computer
Science, Brown Univ., 1989

It contains short descriptions of the various methods developed for
graph layout. Roughly speaking, there are layout algorithms for trees,
hierarchies, planar graphs, and general graphs.

We are currently implementing some of the algorithms mentioned in this
paper and some new ones in our graph editor GraphEd.

-- Michael Himsolt

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