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This poster presents a new framework for drawing graphs in three dimensions, which can be used effectively to visualise large and complex real world networks.
The new framework uses a divide and conquer approach. More specifically, the framework divides a graph into a set of smaller subgraphs, and then draws each subgraph in a 2D plane using well-known 2D drawing algorithms. Finally, a 3D drawing of the whole graph is constructed by combining each drawing in a plane, satisfying defined criteria.
This research has been partially supported by a grant from the Australian Research Council.
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Hong, SH. (2006). MultiPlane: A New Framework for Drawing Graphs in Three Dimensions. In: Healy, P., Nikolov, N.S. (eds) Graph Drawing. GD 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3843. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11618058_49
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