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Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1992 (MFCS 1992)

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In this paper we survey the recent results and open questions about some graph layout problems.

This research was supported by the ESPRIT BRA Program of the EC under contract no. 7141, project ALCOM-II.

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Díaz, J. (1992). Graph layout problems. In: Havel, I.M., Koubek, V. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1992. MFCS 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 629. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55808-X_2

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