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Any suggestions on where in the literature to get started if I wanted to play around with different graph layout algorithms?
by disconcision 9y ago
Any suggestions on where in the literature to get started if I wanted to play around with different graph layout algorithms?
- Kinrany 9y agoI'm also interested, writing my own graph editor as a side project.
- mncharity 9y agoLet's see, a few very quick and crufty random thoughts... There are a great many open source graph programs available to be played with - which might contribute inspiration. And "sometimes much more easy to get working" images and videos of them. For surfing literature, I mostly use google scholar and scihub. Blog posts seem part of how the software dev community is educating itself and advancing, so perhaps do a post at some point. Perhaps approach the project like "writing a renderer" - something useful for learning computer graphics, without the expectation that it will escape the zombie fate of most graph libraries. Writing and posting a d3 example isn't hard, and might inspire others. ... Good luck.
- mncharity 9y ago> Any suggestions on where in the literature to get started On stable layouts for user mental map preservation with interactive dynamic graphs? I'm sorry, not really. Avoid depending on a mental map with tasks that permit that (eg by using task-specific highlighting). Increase graph layout stability (eg by nested layouts). Simplify visual tracking (eg colored groups). ... Sorry - not my field.