Shape-Based Quality Metrics for Large Graph Visualization

Eades, Peter and Hong, Seok-Hee and Klein, Karsten and Nguyen, An (2015) Shape-Based Quality Metrics for Large Graph Visualization. In: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization: 23rd International Symposium, GD 2015, September 24-26, 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA , pp. 502-514 (Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27261-0_41).

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Abstract

We propose a new family of quality metrics for graph drawing; in particular, we concentrate on larger graphs. We illustrate these metrics with examples and apply the metrics to data from previous experiments, leading to the suggestion that the new metrics are effective.

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