LunarVis - analytic visualizations of large graphs

  • Authors:
  • Robert Görke;Marco Gaertler;Dorothea Wagner

  • Affiliations:
  • Universität Karlsruhe, Germany;Universität Karlsruhe, Germany;Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Venue:
  • GD'07 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Graph drawing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The analysis and the exploration of complex networks nowadays involves the identification of a multitude of analytic properties that have been ascertained to constitute crucial characteristics of networks. We propose a new layout paradigm for drawing large networks, with a focus on decompositional properties. The visualization is based on the general shape of an annulus and supports the immediate recognition of a large number of abstract features of the decomposition while drawing all elements. Our layouts offer remarkable readability of the decompositional connectivity and are capable of revealing subtle structural traits.