Trace Inference, Curvature Consistency, and Curve Detection
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Drawing graphs nicely using simulated annealing
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
The Unified Modeling Language reference manual
The Unified Modeling Language reference manual
Information visualization: perception for design
Information visualization: perception for design
Graph Drawing: Algorithms for the Visualization of Graphs
Graph Drawing: Algorithms for the Visualization of Graphs
The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction
The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction
Which Aesthetic has the Greatest Effect on Human Understanding?
GD '97 Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Graph Drawing
APVis '05 proceedings of the 2005 Asia-Pacific symposium on Information visualisation - Volume 45
Bioinformatic Insights from Metagenomics through Visualization
CSB '05 Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference
Visualizing biological pathways: requirements analysis, systems evaluation and research agenda
Information Visualization - Special issue: Bioinformatics visualization
Comparaison de la lisibilité des graphes en représentation noeuds-liens et matricielle
IHM 2004 Proceedings of the 16th conference on Association Francophone d'Interaction Homme-Machine
How people read sociograms: a questionnaire study
APVis '06 Proceedings of the 2006 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Information Visualisation - Volume 60
Predicting graph reading performance: a cognitive approach
APVis '06 Proceedings of the 2006 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Information Visualisation - Volume 60
TreePlus: Interactive Exploration of Networks with Enhanced Tree Layouts
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Applying layout algorithms to hand-drawn graphs
OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces
Designing semantic substrates for visual network exploration
Information Visualization
Beyond time and error: a cognitive approach to the evaluation of graph drawings
Proceedings of the 2008 Workshop on BEyond time and errors: novel evaLuation methods for Information Visualization
FpViz: a visualizer for frequent pattern mining
Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Visual Analytics and Knowledge Discovery: Integrating Automated Analysis with Interactive Exploration
GPSel: A Gestural Perceptual-Based Path Selection Technique
SG '09 Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Smart Graphics
Developing a visual taxonomy: Children's views on aesthetics
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Drawing Graphs with Right Angle Crossings
WADS '09 Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures
Impact of the visitor pattern on program comprehension and maintenance
ESEM '09 Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Bilingual mapping visualizations as tools for Chinese language acquisition
HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction platforms and techniques
Integrating edge routing into force-directed layout
GD'06 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Graph drawing
Measuring effectiveness of graph visualizations: a cognitive load perspective
Information Visualization
FpVAT: a visual analytic tool for supporting frequent pattern mining
ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
Graph drawing aesthetics in user-sketched graph layouts
AUIC '10 Proceedings of the Eleventh Australasian Conference on User Interface - Volume 106
Notes on large angle crossing graphs
CATS '10 Proceedings of the Sixteenth Symposium on Computing: the Australasian Theory - Volume 109
Exploring the relative importance of crossing number and crossing angle
Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Visual Information Communication
Curve: revisiting the digital desk
Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries
An automatic layout algorithm for BPEL processes
Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on Software visualization
APROMORE: An advanced process model repository
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Topology-driven force-directed algorithms
GD'10 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Graph drawing
Syntax highlighting in business process models
Decision Support Systems
Human-centered visualization environments
Human-centered visualization environments
SemLens: visual analysis of semantic data with scatter plots and semantic lenses
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Semantic Systems
Journal of Systems and Software
Thresholds for error probability measures of business process models
Journal of Systems and Software
Area, curve complexity, and crossing resolution of non-planar graph drawings
GD'09 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Graph Drawing
On the perspectives opened by right angle crossing drawings
GD'09 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Graph Drawing
Geometric simultaneous embeddings of a graph and a matching
GD'09 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Graph Drawing
On the pragmatics of model-based design
Monterey'08 Proceedings of the 15th Monterey conference on Foundations of Computer Software: future Trends and Techniques for Development
Evaluating partially drawn links for directed graph edges
GD'11 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Graph Drawing
Looking behind bezels: french windows for wall displays
Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
An empirical study on the impact of edge bundling on user comprehension of graphs
Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
Travel-Route-Centered Metro Map Layout and Annotation
Computer Graphics Forum
Perception of Animated Node-Link Diagrams for Dynamic Graphs
Computer Graphics Forum
Effective temporal graph layout: a comparative study of animation versus static display methods
Information Visualization
Eye tracking for visualization evaluation: reading values on linear versus radial graphs
Information Visualization - Special issue on Evaluation for Information Visualization
Improved layout for data flow diagrams with port constraints
Diagrams'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
The aesthetics of graph visualization
Computational Aesthetics'07 Proceedings of the Third Eurographics conference on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging
Comparing the readability of graph layouts using eyetracking and task-oriented analysis
Computational Aesthetics'09 Proceedings of the Fifth Eurographics conference on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging
The aesthetics of the underworld
Computational Aesthetics'08 Proceedings of the Fourth Eurographics conference on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging
Establishing aesthetics based on human graph reading behavior: two eye tracking studies
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Visualization-Based Decision Support Systems: An Example of Regional Relationship Data
International Journal of Decision Support System Technology
Right angle crossing graphs and 1-planarity
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Improving multiple aesthetics produces better graph drawings
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
The "Map" in the mental map: Experimental results in dynamic graph drawing
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Fast layout computation of clustered networks: Algorithmic advances and experimental analysis
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Drawing layered graphs with port constraints
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
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A large class of diagrams can be informally characterized as node-link diagrams. Typically nodes represent entities, and links represent relationships between them. The discipline of graph drawing is concerned with methods for drawing abstract versions of such diagrams. At the foundation of the discipline are a set of graph aesthetics (rules for graph layout) that, it is assumed, will produce graphs that can be clearly understood. Examples of aesthetics include minimizing edge crossings and minimizing the sum of the lengths of the edges. However, with a few notable exceptions, these aesthetics are taken as axiomatic, and have not been empirically tested. We argue that human pattern perception can tell us much that is relevant to the study of graph aesthetics including providing a more detailed understanding of aesthetics and suggesting new ones. In particular, we find the importance of good continuity (ie keeping multi-edge paths as straight as possible) has been neglected. We introduce a methodology for evaluating the cognitive cost of graph aesthetics and we apply it to the task of finding the shortest paths in spring layout graphs. The results suggest that after the length of the path the two most important factors are continuity and edge crossings, and we provide cognitive cost estimates for these parameters. Another important factor is the number of branches emanating from nodes on the path.