InfoVis Chapter 3.2 - Graph Visualization

Drawing a Graph means creating a graph Embedding of a graph on a surface.

The Distribution of nodes on the surface are determined by a Graph Layout which uses the property of Graph Isomorphism to visualize a Graph in different ways.

Information gained from Structure and Network Analysis can help to better visualize a graph and its underlying information.

Visualization Techniques

• Adjacency Matrix

You can also use different Graph Layouts:

• Random Graph Layout
• Circular Graph Layout
  • Circular Graph Layout Algorithm
• Radial Axis Graph Layout
• Dual Circular Graph Layout
• Force Directed Graph Layout
• Tree Graph Layout

Other concepts

• Curved Edges
• Edge Bundling

Tools

• Gephi
• CytoScape
• yEd
• Tulip
• Gephi Datasets

Graph Visualization