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Application-specific graph drawings
Layout methods
Software
Graphical conventions
Key facts & relationships
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Topics to explore
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Overview
- Mathematics
- Computer science
- Geometric graph theory
- Information visualization
- Graphs Graph (discrete mathematics)
- Social network analysis
- Cartography
- Linguistics
- Bioinformatics
- Vertices Vertex (graph theory)
- Edges Edge (graph theory)
- Aesthetics
Graphical conventions
- Line segments Line segment
- Polylines Polygonal chain
- Euclidean plane
- Ramon Llull
- Complete graphs Complete graph
- Directed graphs Directed graph
- Arrowheads Arrow (symbol)
- Orientation Orientability
- Upward planar drawing
- Circle packings Circle packing theorem
- Intersection representations Intersection graph
- Visibility representations Visibility graph
- Train tracks Train track (mathematics)
- Adjacency matrix
Quality measures
- Crossing number Crossing number (graph theory)
- Planar Planar graph
- Graph embedding
- Area Area (graph drawing)
- Bounding box
- Aspect ratio
- Symmetry groups Graph automorphism
- Number of bends Bend minimization
- Angular resolution Angular resolution (graph drawing)
- Degree Degree (graph theory)
- Slope number
- Cubic graphs Cubic graph
Layout methods
- Force-based layout
- Springs Spring (device)
- Molecular mechanics
- Gradient descent
- Energy function
- Spectral layout
- Eigenvectors Eigenvector
- Matrix Matrix (mathematics)
- Laplacian Discrete Laplace operator
- VLSI
- PCB Printed circuit board
- Tree Tree structure
- Trees Tree (graph theory)
- Layered graph drawing
- Directed acyclic graphs Directed acyclic graph
- Coffman–Graham algorithm
- Arc diagrams Arc diagram
- Circular layout
- Dominance drawing
- Reachable Reachability
Application-specific graph drawings
- Sociograms Sociogram
- Social network
- Social network analysis software
- Hasse diagrams Hasse diagram
- Partial orders Partial order
- Dessin d'enfants Dessin d'enfant
- Algebraic geometry
- State diagrams State diagram
- Finite-state machines Finite-state machine
- Computer network diagrams Computer network diagram
- Computer network
- Flowcharts Flowchart
- Drakon-charts DRAKON
- Algorithm
- Control flow
- Project network
- Project Project management
- Data-flow diagrams Data-flow diagram
- Information system
- Phylogenetic trees Phylogenetic tree
- Protein–protein interaction
- Metabolic pathways Metabolic pathway
- Placement Placement (electronic design automation)
- Routing Routing (electronic design automation)
- Electronic design automation
- Greedy embedding
- Distributed computing
Software
- BioFabric
- Cytoscape
- Gephi
- Graph-tool
- Free/libre Free Software
- Python Python (programming language)
- Graphviz
- AT&T Corporation
- Linkurious
- Graph databases
- Mathematica
- Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout
- NetworkX
- Tulip Tulip (software)
- YEd
- PGF/TikZ
- LuaTeX
- LaNet-vi
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
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How this topic connects Entity context
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Top relations
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph drawing | is a | area of mathematics and computer science combining methods from geometric graph theory and information visualization to derive two-dimensional | 0.90 | text |
| social network analysis | instance of | depictions of graphs arising from applications | 0.80 | text |
| cartography | instance of | depictions of graphs arising from applications | 0.80 | text |
| linguistics | instance of | depictions of graphs arising from applications | 0.80 | text |
| and bioinformatics.A drawing of a graph or network diagram is a pictorial representation of the vertices | instance of | depictions of graphs arising from applications | 0.80 | text |
| edges of a graph | instance of | depictions of graphs arising from applications | 0.80 | text |
| tapering provide this information more effectively | instance of | user studies have shown that other conventions | 0.80 | text |
| circle packings | instance of | link diagrams include adjacency representations | 0.80 | text |
| in which vertices are represented by disjoint regions in the plane | instance of | link diagrams include adjacency representations | 0.80 | text |
| edges are represented by adjacencies between regions | instance of | link diagrams include adjacency representations | 0.80 | text |
| the Laplacian derived from the adjacency matrix of the graph.Orthogonal layout methods | instance of | or they may translate the forces directly into velocities or accelerations for the moving vertices.Spectral layout methods use as coordinates the eigenvectors of a matrix | 0.80 | text |
| which allow the edges of the graph to run horizontally or vertically | instance of | or they may translate the forces directly into velocities or accelerations for the moving vertices.Spectral layout methods use as coordinates the eigenvectors of a matrix | 0.80 | text |
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