[comp.graphics] automatic graph layout

wan@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Dadong Wan) (10/24/90)

We're currently working on an automatic graph layout component of a graphic
model-based software prototyping environment, and wondering whether any 
of you out there has done some work on the subject. Basically what we're
trying to achieve is to obtain aesthetically pleasing as well as meaningful
graph display from a formal description of a graph model, such as ER or 
dataflow diagrams. During past several weeks, I've been reading works done
by Roberto Tamassia (Brown) and his colleagues (Rome) as well as those by 
Joe Marks (Harvard) and Yuki Watanabe (UNC). If any of you happens to know
other sources, I would greatly appreciate your sharing of the information.


--dadong