On embedding a graph in the grid with the minimum number of bends
SIAM Journal on Computing
Journal of Information Processing
Why looking isn't always seeing: readership skills and graphical programming
Communications of the ACM
Aesthetics-based graph layout for human consumption
Software—Practice & Experience
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
Which Aesthetic has the Greatest Effect on Human Understanding?
GD '97 Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Graph Drawing
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
On the Visualization of Java Programs
Revised Lectures on Software Visualization, International Seminar
Temporal Online Interactions Using Social Network Analysis
EC-TEL '09 Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines
Human-centered visualization environments
Human-centered visualization environments
A model-driven methodology to the content layout problem in web applications
ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB)
The aesthetics of the underworld
Computational Aesthetics'08 Proceedings of the Fourth Eurographics conference on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging
Improving multiple aesthetics produces better graph drawings
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
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The merit of automatic graph layout algorithms is typically judged on their computational efficiency and the extent to which they conform to aesthetic criteria (for example, minimising the number of crossings, maximising symmetry). Experiments investigating the worth of such algorithms from the point of view of human usability can take a number of different forms, depending on whether the graph has meaning in the real world, the nature of the usability measurement, and the effect being investigated (algorithms or aesthetics). Previous studies have investigated performance on abstract graphs with respect to both aesthetics and algorithms, finding support for reducing the number of crossings and bends, and increasing the display of symmetry. This paper reports on preference experiments assessing the effect of individual aesthetics in the application domain of UML diagrams, resulting in a priority listing of aesthetics for this domain. The results reveal a difference in aesthetic priority from those of previous domain-independent experiments.