Visualizing edge-edge relations in graphs

Vehlow C, Hasenauer J, Theis FJ, Weiskopf D (2013)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2013

Pages Range: 201-208

Conference Proceedings Title: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium

Event location: AUS

ISBN: 9781467347976

DOI: 10.1109/PacificVis.2013.6596146

Abstract

Graphs are used to model relations between sets of objects. Objects are represented by vertices and relations by edges of the graph. Besides vertex-vertex relations, in some application domains also relations between edges exist. Our new visualization approach supports the investigation of both relation types in one diagram. Edge-edge relations are visualized as curves that are directly integrated into the node-link diagram that represents the object-relation structure. In contrast, vertex-vertex relations are illustrated distinguishably from edge-edge relations using straight links as representations. While the shape of links is used to differentiate between the relation types, the weights of the edge-edge relations are mapped to the width and color of the curves. To facilitate an extensive analysis of interrelations, our approach incorporates several interaction techniques that can be used for filtering and highlighting. The usability of our visualization is demonstrated with two case studies in the application domains of bioinformatics and financial services. © 2013 IEEE.

Involved external institutions

Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU) / Helmholtz Munich DE Germany (DE) Universität Stuttgart DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Vehlow, C., Hasenauer, J., Theis, F.J., & Weiskopf, D. (2013). Visualizing edge-edge relations in graphs. In IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (pp. 201-208). AUS.

MLA:

Vehlow, Corinna, et al. "Visualizing edge-edge relations in graphs." Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Symposium on Pacific Visualization, PacificVis 2013, AUS 2013. 201-208.

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