A comparison of tiled and overlapping windows
CHI '86 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An approach to intelligent automated window management
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
An approach to automatic display layout using combinatorial optimization algorithms
Software—Practice & Experience
Aesthetics-based graph layout for human consumption
Software—Practice & Experience
Elastic Windows: evaluation of multi-window operations
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
Dynamic space management for user interfaces
UIST '00 Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Novel interaction techniques for overlapping windows
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
QuickSpace: new operations for the desktop metaphor
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A Taxonomy of Window Manager User Interfaces
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
WinCuts: manipulating arbitrary window regions for more effective use of screen space
CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Shrinking window operations for expanding display space
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation)
Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation)
Extremes Are Better: Investigating Mental Map Preservation in Dynamic Graphs
Diagrams '08 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
How important is the "Mental map"?: an empirical investigation of a dynamic graph layout algorithm
GD'06 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Graph drawing
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Large displays are becoming more and more pervasive, and their larger screen sizes provide an opportunity for users to see more information in more windows at the same time, but at the cost of managing a larger amount of screen space. Some methods of automatic window management have been studied with some success. However, they mainly focus on utilization of empty space and ignore preservation of the mental map of users, which tends to cause user confusion in practical use. This paper presents a genetic multi-objective optimization algorithm to automatically manage window layout with the aim of balancing the two aspects: utilization of screen space and mental map preservation. Results show that the method is capable of generating suitable window layouts for users and takes a key step toward developing an automatic windows manager.