DocumentCode
1842640
Title
Node-edge diagram layout for displaying hierarchies
Author
Cava, Ricardo Andrade ; Freitas, Carla M. D. S.
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci. Inst., Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
fYear
2001
fDate
37165
Firstpage
373
Abstract
The paper reports on a layout generation approach used in a new technique for visualizing hierarchies which provides both focus and context visualization. The hierarchy is represented as a node-edge diagram separated in two connected sub-diagrams that show the node of interest and its context
Keywords
data visualisation; diagrams; tree data structures; trees (mathematics); connected sub-diagrams; context visualization; hierarchy display; hierarchy visualization; layout generation approach; node-edge diagram; node-edge diagram layout; Animation; Character generation; Computer science; Computer science education; Displays; Educational technology; File systems; Human factors; Navigation; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2001 Proceedings of XIV Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location
Florianopolis
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1330-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2001.963079
Filename
963079
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