A generative layout approach for rooted tree drawings

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dc.contributor.authorSchulz, H.-J.
dc.contributor.authorAkbar, Z.
dc.contributor.authorMaurer, F.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-29T19:35:50Z
dc.date.available2015-07-29T19:35:50Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIn response to the large number of existing tree layouts, generic “meta-layouts” have recently been proposed. These generic approaches utilize layout design spaces to pinpoint a tree drawing with desired characteristics in the wealth of available drawing options and parameters. While design-space-based generic layouts work well for the confined set of implicit space-filling tree layouts, they have so far eluded their extension to explicit node-link diagrams. In order to produce both, implicit and explicit tree layouts, this paper parts with the descriptive nature of the design spaces and instead takes a generative approach based on operators. As these operators can be combined into operator sequences and be used at different stages of the layout process, a small operator set already suffices to yield a large number of different tree layouts. To this end, we present a generic tree layout pipeline and give examples of suitable layout operators to plug into the pipeline. A prototypical implementation of our pipeline and operators is presented, and it is illustrated with space-filling and node-link examples. Furthermore, the paper presents results from a user study evaluating our generative approach as it is realized by the prototype.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/PacificVis.2013.6596149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50710
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PacificVis.2013.6596149en_US
dc.titleA generative layout approach for rooted tree drawingsen_US
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