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Evaluating graphs from a new perspective
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Huang, W, Evaluating graphs from a new perspective, Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE 17th International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, 19-21 December 2014, Chengdu, China, pp. 1648-1652. ISBN 978-1-4799-7980-6 (2014) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Drawing principles, or aesthetics, are important in
graph drawing. They are used as criteria for algorithm design
and for quality evaluation. Current aesthetics are described as
visual properties that a drawing is required to have to be visually
pleasing. However, most of these aesthetics are originally
proposed without consideration of graph structure information.
Therefore their ability in visually revealing graph structural
features are not guaranteed and indeed mixed results have been
reported in the literature regarding their impact on user graph
comprehension. In this paper, we propose to derive aesthetics
based on graph internal structural features. Further, graphs are
often evaluated based on controlled experiments with simple
perception tasks to avoid possible confounding factors caused by
complex tasks. This leaves their value in supporting complex
tasks unevaluated. To fill this gap, we also discuss the possibility
of applying evaluation methodologies used in the Cognitive Load
Theory research for graph evaluation.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | graph drawing, evaluation, aesthetics |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences |
UTAS Author: | Huang, W (Dr Tony Huang) |
ID Code: | 98255 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2015-02-08 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-13 |
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