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Information Visualisation Systems and Applications

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In Chapters 2 and 3, essential methods and quality criteria for analysing and modelling implicit and explicit structures were introduced. A graph-drawing algorithm, for example, usually aims to achieve a layout with the least number of edge crossings, an even distribution of nodes, and/or uniform edge lengths. This chapter illustrates applies these methods and criteria to information visualisation in a wider range of systems and applications.

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    Chaomei Chen PhD, MSc, BSc

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Chen, C. (1999). Information Visualisation Systems and Applications. In: Information Visualisation and Virtual Environments. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3622-4_4

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