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Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV 2007)
Applying Graph Layout Techniques to Web Information Visualization and Navigation
Bangkok, Thailand
August 14-August 17
ISBN: 0-7695-2928-3
Wei Lai, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Xiaodi Huang, University of New England, Australia
Quang Vinh Nguyen, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Mao Lin Huang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Graph layout techniques have been developed for many years, there is a few applying to real world applications. This paper presents an application of applying graph layout techniques in web information visualization and navigation. Most Web browsers, including Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer, cannot give users a visual "map" to guide their Web journey. An approach of using a graph for Web navigation has been proposed. That is to look at the whole of cyberspace as one huge graph. To explore this huge graph, it is critical to find an effective method of tracking a sequence of subsets (Web sub-graphs) of the huge graph based on the user's focus. Any on-line Web subgraph should fit in the display window. To enhance the display of a Web sub-graph, there should not be any overlaps between node images in the Web sub-graph.
Index Terms:
Graph layout techniques, Web browser, Web graph, Visual map, Web information, Navigation.
Citation:
Wei Lai, Xiaodi Huang, Quang Vinh Nguyen, Mao Lin Huang, "Applying Graph Layout Techniques to Web Information Visualization and Navigation," cgiv, pp.447-453, Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation (CGIV 2007), 2007
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