On the Usability of Lombardi Graph Drawings

Purchase, Helen C. and Hamer, John and Nöllenburg, Martin and Kobourov, Stephen G. (2013) On the Usability of Lombardi Graph Drawings. In: 20th International Symposium, GD 2012, September 19-21, 2012 , pp. 451-462(Official URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642...).

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Abstract

A recent line of work in graph drawing studies Lombardi drawings, i.e., drawings with circular-arc edges and perfect angular resolution at vertices. Little is known about the effects of curved edges versus straight edges in typical graph reading tasks. In this paper we present the first user evaluation that empirically measures the readability of three different layout algorithms (traditional spring embedder and two recent near-Lombardi force-based algorithms) for three different tasks (shortest path, common neighbor, vertex degree). The results indicate that, while users prefer the Lombardi drawings, the performance data do not present such a positive picture.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Additional Information:	10.1007/978-3-642-36763-2_40
Classifications:	D Aesthetics > D.001 General P Styles > P.120 Circular
URI:	http://gdea.informatik.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/1332

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