内容简介
Graphdrawingcomprisesallaspectsofvisualizingstructuralrelationsbetweenobjects.Therangeoftopicsdealtwithextendsfromgraphtheory,graphalgorithms,geometry,andtopologytovisuallanguages,visualperception,andinformationvisualization,andtocomputer-humaninteractionandgraphicsdesign.Thismonographgivesasystematicoverviewofgraphdrawingandintroducesthereadergentlytothestateoftheartinthearea.Thepresentationconcentratesonalgorithmicaspects,withanemphasisoninterestingvisualizationproblemswithelegantsolutions.Muchattentionispaidtoauniformstyleofwritingandpresentation,consistentterminology,andcomplementarycoverageoftherelevantissuesthroughoutthe10chapters.Thistutorialisideallysuitedasanintroductionfornewcomerstographdrawing.Ambitionedpractitionersandresearchersactiveintheareawillfinditavaluablesourceofreferenceandinformation.