• DocumentCode
    767690
  • Title

    A divide-and-conquer algorithm for the automatic layout of large directed graphs

  • Author

    Messinger, Eli B. ; Rowe, Lawrence A. ; Henry, Robert R.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    42371
  • Abstract
    Methods for automatic presentation of relational information in the form of directed graphs are discussed. An overview of the graph-layout problem is presented along with a summary of several different layout algorithms. A divide-and-conquer layout algorithm called Compoze is described in detail. This algorithm produces especially good results on large graphs of several hundred vertices
  • Keywords
    computer graphics; directed graphs; mathematics computing; Compoze; automatic layout; divide-and-conquer algorithm; large directed graphs; relational information; Computer graphics; Computer science; Displays; Helium; Layout; Mice; Pattern recognition; Tree graphs; User interfaces; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9472
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/21.101131
  • Filename
    101131