A heuristic for minimum-width graph layering with consideration of dummy nodes

Alexandre Tarassov, Nikola S. Nikolov, Jürgen Branke

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Abstract

We propose a new graph layering heuristic which can be used for hierarchical graph drawing with the minimum width. Our heuristic takes into account the space occupied by both the nodes and the edges of a directed acyclic graph and constructs layerings which are narrower that layerings constructed by the known layering algorithms. It can be used as a part of the Sugiyama method for hierarchical graph drawing. We present an extensive parameter study which we performed for designing our heuristic as well as for comparing it to other layering algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsCelso C. Ribeiro, Simone L. Martins
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages570-583
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)3540220674, 9783540220671
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3059
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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