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Stable Incremental Layouts for Dynamic Graph Visualizations

Martin Steiger. Fraunhofer IGD *
Fraunhoferstr. *
64283 Darmstadt Thorsten May. Fraunhofer IGD *
Fraunhoferstr. *
64283 Darmstadt Jörn Kohlhammer. Fraunhofer IGD *
Fraunhoferstr. *
Darmstadt *
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)
* IADIS - International Association for Development of the Information Society (Portugal)

Abstract

In this paper we present a set of extension techniques to stabilize interactive dynamic graph layout algorithms. It works with different existing Focus & Context methods. We first deal with the initial placement of newly inserted nodes to mitigate acting forces in the layout algorithm. Then, their influence on the existing layout is gradually increased to create a smooth transition between the old and the new layout. To complement this approach we use a look -ahead strategy that integrates additional nodes in the layout to stabilize the layout even more. Our approach is validated using both quantitative and qualitative measures.

Keywords

Graph drawing dynamic graph views stable layout mental map
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IGD, et al. (2013). Stable Incremental Layouts for Dynamic Graph Visualizations. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2013_v8i2_03
IGD, et al. "Stable Incremental Layouts for Dynamic Graph Visualizations." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013. https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2013_v8i2_03
IGD, et al. "Stable Incremental Layouts for Dynamic Graph Visualizations." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems 8, no. 2 (2013). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2013_v8i2_03