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International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization

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Graph Compact Orthogonal Layout Algorithm

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There exist many orthogonal graph drawing algorithms that minimize edge crossings or edge bends, however they produce unsatisfactory drawings in many practical cases. In this paper we present a grid-based algorithm for drawing orthogonal graphs with nodes of prescribed size. It distinguishes by creating pleasant and compact drawings in relatively small running time. The main idea is to minimize the total edge length that implicitly minimizes crossings and makes the drawing easy to comprehend. The algorithm is based on combining local and global improvements. Local improvements are moving each node to a new place and swapping of nodes. Global improvement is based on constrained quadratic programming approach that minimizes the total edge length while keeping node relative positions.

Supported in part by project No. 2013/0033/2DP/2.1.1.1.0/13/APIA/VIAA/027.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, Raina Bulvaris 29, Riga, LV-1459, Latvia

    Kārlis Freivalds & Jans Glagoļevs

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  1. Univ Pierre et Marie Curie LIP6, Paris, France

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    Luis Eduardo Neves Gouveia

  3. LAMSADE, Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris Cedex 16, France

    A. Ridha Mahjoub

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    Vangelis T. Paschos

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Freivalds, K., Glagoļevs, J. (2014). Graph Compact Orthogonal Layout Algorithm. In: Fouilhoux, P., Gouveia, L., Mahjoub, A., Paschos, V. (eds) Combinatorial Optimization. ISCO 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8596. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09174-7_22

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