Graph drawing and applications for software and knowledge engineers / Kozo Sugiyama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sugiyama, Kozo, 1945-

Series:

Series on software engineering and knowledge engineering ; v. 11.

Series on software engineering and knowledge engineering ; vol. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer graphics.

Graph theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is useful for readers who want to visualize graphs as representing structural knowledge in a variety of fields. It gives an outline of the whole field, describes in detail the representative methods for drawing graphs, explains extensions such as fisheye and dynamic drawing, presents many practical applications, and discusses ways of evaluation. It makes the intuitive understanding of these easier by using examples and diagrams, and provides a wealth of references for those readers who wish to know more. <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li>A Framework for Automatic Graph Drawing Methods</li

Contents:

CONTENTS ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; 1.1 Diagram language interfaces ; 1.2 The importance of automatic graph drawing methods ; 1.3 The aims of this book ; 1.4 The structure and terminology of this book

Chapter 2: A Framework for Automatic Graph Drawing Methods 2.1 Drawing objects ; 2.2 Drawing conventions ; 2.3 Drawing rules ; 2.4 Priorities between conventions and rules ; 2.5 Drawing algorithms ; Chapter 3: Outlines of Automatic Graph Drawing Methods ; 3.1 Tree drawing methods

3.2 Directed graph drawing methods 3.3 Undirected graph drawing methods ; 3.4 Other drawing methods ; 3.5 Automatic graph drawing methods at a glance ; Chapter 4: Details of Automatic Graph Drawing Methods ; 4.1 General tree drawing methods ; 4.2 General directed graph drawing methods

4.3 General undirected graph drawing methods 4.4 Generic graph drawing method by the magnetic spring model ; 4.5 Drawing methods for compound graphs ; Chapter 5: Extensions of Automatic Graph Drawing Methods ; 5.1 Drawing methods using curves ; 5.2 Fisheye views

5.3 Dynamic drawing methods 5.4 Other extensions ; Chapter 6: A Variety of Applications ; 6.1 The uses of automatic graph drawing methods ; 6.2 Application examples ; Chapter 7: Applications for Creativity Support ; 7.1 What is creativity support

7.2 Creativity support based on empirical creativity methods

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789812777898

981277789X

OCLC:

847224606