Applications of parameterized st-orientations in graph drawing algorithms

  • Authors:
  • Charalampos Papamanthou;Ioannis G. Tollis

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece;Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

  • Venue:
  • GD'05 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Graph Drawing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Many graph drawing algorithms use st-numberings (st-orien-tations or bipolar orientations) as a first step. An st-numbering of a biconnected undirected graph defines a directed graph with no cycles, one single source s and one single sink t. As there exist exponentially many st-numberings that correspond to a certain undirected graph G, using different st-numberings in various graph drawing algorithms can result in aesthetically different drawings with different area bounds. In this paper, we present results concerning new algorithms for parameterized st-orientations, their impact on graph drawing algorithms and especially in visibility representations.