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- From: eker@loria.crin.fr (Steven Eker)
- Newsgroups: comp.theory
- Subject: Re: graph-drawing algorithms needed
- Keywords: graph drawing algorithms
- Message-ID: <471@muller.loria.fr>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 17:54:14 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.173221.6257@athena.mit.edu>
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- Organization: CRIN (CNRS) Nancy - INRIA Lorraine
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- In article <1992Aug31.173221.6257@athena.mit.edu>, parasite@athena.mit.edu (Vince) writes:
- |>
- |> Hello.
- |>
- |> A friend of mine is looking for an algorithm which will
- |> take the adjacency matrix of a graph in and draw or layout
- |> the positions of the nodes such that no two edges intersect
- |> in a 2-space rendition of it. Now before you jump and say
- |> "Hey, this is impossible for an arbitrary graph" let me add
- |> that he will only be inputting graphs for which such a "picture"
- |> exists. I'm not sure how he knows it exists.
- |>
- |> Thaaaannnnnksss.
- |>
- |> -V
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- There is a discussion of just this problem & 43 refs in
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- J. van Leeuwen, "Graph Algorithms", Chapter 10 of Handbook of Theoretical
- Computer Science Volume A: Algorithms & Complexity, Elsevier, 1990.
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- Steven
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