Evaluating aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of symmetric graphs

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

Evaluating aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of symmetric graphs

Lin, CC Huang, W

Liu, WY Chen, WL

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Publisher:: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 2018, 48, pp. 123-133
Issue Date:: 2018-10-01

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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, WL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-24T04:18:48Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-24T04:18:48Z
dc.date.issued	2018-10-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 2018, 48, pp. 123-133
dc.identifier.issn	1045-926X
dc.identifier.issn	1095-8533
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/160778
dc.description.abstract	In evaluating aesthetics of graph drawings, recent works have provided participants with an adjacency list of a graph and asked them to sketch a pleasing layout of the graph. However, this line of research has not considered aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of graphs with symmetries, which are an important property of a given graph drawing. Therefore, the work reported in this paper focuses on empirically evaluating aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of symmetric graphs. We provided participants adjacency lists of two symmetric graphs and asked them to sketch the two graphs. We analyzed whether symmetries were shown in user-sketched drawings, and further analyzed the aesthetics based on their drawing processes and drawing preferences. In addition, our experiment includes multiple stages to analyze whether the participants had the potential learning ability to draw symmetric structures of graphs. We found that in drawing symmetrical graphs, showing symmetry was likely considered more important than minimizing edge crossings, and that most participants made substantial progress in their ability to create symmetric drawings after going through the experimental stages.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jvlc.2018.08.004
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, 0803 Computer Software, 1702 Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Software Engineering
dc.title	Evaluating aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of symmetric graphs
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	48
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utslib.for	1702 Cognitive Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost/TD School
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dc.date.updated	2022-08-24T04:18:46Z
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Abstract:

In evaluating aesthetics of graph drawings, recent works have provided participants with an adjacency list of a graph and asked them to sketch a pleasing layout of the graph. However, this line of research has not considered aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of graphs with symmetries, which are an important property of a given graph drawing. Therefore, the work reported in this paper focuses on empirically evaluating aesthetics for user-sketched layouts of symmetric graphs. We provided participants adjacency lists of two symmetric graphs and asked them to sketch the two graphs. We analyzed whether symmetries were shown in user-sketched drawings, and further analyzed the aesthetics based on their drawing processes and drawing preferences. In addition, our experiment includes multiple stages to analyze whether the participants had the potential learning ability to draw symmetric structures of graphs. We found that in drawing symmetrical graphs, showing symmetry was likely considered more important than minimizing edge crossings, and that most participants made substantial progress in their ability to create symmetric drawings after going through the experimental stages.

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