On aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of vertex-weighted graphs

Lin, CC; Huang, W; Liu, WY; Chen, CY

On aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of vertex-weighted graphs

Lin, CC Huang, W

Liu, WY Chen, CY

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Visualization, 2020, pp. 1-15
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Lin, CC
dc.contributor.author	Huang, W https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-7839
dc.contributor.author	Liu, WY
dc.contributor.author	Chen, CY
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-12T03:48:51Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-12T03:48:51Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Visualization, 2020, pp. 1-15
dc.identifier.issn	1343-8875
dc.identifier.issn	1875-8975
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/144639
dc.description.abstract	© 2020, The Visualization Society of Japan. Abstract: Recent empirical works on graph drawing have investigated visual properties of graph drawings created by users based on adjacency lists of graphs as well as drawing behaviors. This is mainly done by asking participants to sketch these graphs on a tablet computer so that they can freely express their interpretation. However, previous works did not consider weighted vertices, i.e., assigning a weight to a vertex to reflect its importance. Therefore, we conducted an empirical study on graphs with weighted vertices. More specifically, this work conducts an experiment and analyzes characteristics of the final graph layouts, participants’ drawing processes and strategies and their drawing preferences. Results indicated that minimizing the number of edge crossings was still the most important aesthetic for participants, and that participants preferred the aesthetic of creating grid-like drawings in the condition with weighted vertices. Hence, this work suggested that aesthetics of minimizing number of edge crossings and creating grid-like patterns should be the main consideration for designing a graph drawing software application. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Visualization
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s12650-020-00695-2
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject	0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, 0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics, 1702 Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Fluids & Plasmas
dc.title	On aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of vertex-weighted graphs
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
utslib.for	0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics
utslib.for	1702 Cognitive Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
utslib.copyright.embargo	2022-01-01T00:00:00+1000Z
dc.date.updated	2020-12-12T03:48:46Z
pubs.publication-status	Published

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© 2020, The Visualization Society of Japan. Abstract: Recent empirical works on graph drawing have investigated visual properties of graph drawings created by users based on adjacency lists of graphs as well as drawing behaviors. This is mainly done by asking participants to sketch these graphs on a tablet computer so that they can freely express their interpretation. However, previous works did not consider weighted vertices, i.e., assigning a weight to a vertex to reflect its importance. Therefore, we conducted an empirical study on graphs with weighted vertices. More specifically, this work conducts an experiment and analyzes characteristics of the final graph layouts, participants’ drawing processes and strategies and their drawing preferences. Results indicated that minimizing the number of edge crossings was still the most important aesthetic for participants, and that participants preferred the aesthetic of creating grid-like drawings in the condition with weighted vertices. Hence, this work suggested that aesthetics of minimizing number of edge crossings and creating grid-like patterns should be the main consideration for designing a graph drawing software application. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

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