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Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing
November 1998 (vol. 47 no. 11)
pp. 1297-1309
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Achilleas Papakostas, Ioannis G. Tollis, "Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 1297-1309, November, 1998.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/12.736444,
author = {Achilleas Papakostas and Ioannis G. Tollis},
title = {Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {47},
number = {11},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {1998},
pages = {1297-1309},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.736444},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing
IS - 11
SN - 0018-9340
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EPD - 1297-1309
A1 - Achilleas Papakostas,
A1 - Ioannis G. Tollis,
PY - 1998
KW - Graph Drawing
KW - orthogonal graph drawing
KW - interactive orthogonal graph drawing
KW - information visualization
KW - graphical user interface.
VL - 47
JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers
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Abstract—Many applications require human interaction during the design process. The user is given the ability to alter the graph as the design progresses. Interactive Graph Drawing allows the user to dynamically interact with the drawing of a graph. In this paper, we discuss features that are essential for an interactive orthogonal graph drawing system. We also describe some possible interactive drawing scenarios, present results on two of them, and compare their performance.

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Index Terms:
Graph Drawing, orthogonal graph drawing, interactive orthogonal graph drawing, information visualization, graphical user interface.
Citation:
Achilleas Papakostas, Ioannis G. Tollis, "Interactive Orthogonal Graph Drawing," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 1297-1309, Nov. 1998, doi:10.1109/12.736444
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