NDLI: A Comparison of the Readability of Graphs Using Node-Link and Matrix-Based Representations

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ghoniem, M. Fekete, J.-D. Castagliola, P.
Copyright Year	2004
Description	Author affiliation: Ecole des Mines de Nantes (Ghoniem, M.)
Abstract	In this paper, we describe a taxonomy of generic graph related tasks and an evaluation aiming at assessing the readability of two representations of graphs: matrix-based representations and node-link diagrams. This evaluation bears on seven generic tasks and leads to important recommendations with regard to the representation of graphs according to their size and density. For instance, we show that when graphs are bigger than twenty vertices, the matrix-based visualization performs better than node-link diagrams on most tasks. Only path finding is consistently in favor of node-link diagrams throughout the evaluation
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc. Visualization and Graphics Tech. Comm
Starting Page	17
Ending Page	24
File Size	406381
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780387793
ISSN	1522404X
DOI	10.1109/INFVIS.2004.1
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-10-10
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Visualization Taxonomy User interfaces Computer graphics Image generation Computer displays Layout evaluation Visualization of graphs adjacency matrices node-link representation readability
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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A Comparison of the Readability of Graphs Using Node-Link and Matrix-Based Representations