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Automatic layout of project plans using a metro map metaphor

J. M. Stott, P. Rodgers, R. Burkhard, M. Meier, and M. Smis

In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV05), pages 203-206. IEEE Computer Society, July 2005.

Abstract

We describe a system to automatically generate metro maps using a multicriteria approach. We have implemented a hill climbing optimizer which uses a fitness score generated from a sum of several aesthetic metrics. This is used to move from the initial geographic layout of the map to a schematic layout that is intended to aid travellers’ navigation. We describe the software and show its application to a number of real world metro maps.

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Bibtex Record

@inproceedings{2257,
author = {J. M. Stott and P. Rodgers and R. Burkhard and M. Meier and M. Smis},
title = {Automatic Layout of Project Plans Using a Metro Map Metaphor},
month = {July},
year = {2005},
pages = {203-206},
keywords = {Knowledge visualization in projects, Visual metaphor, Project tube map algorithm},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2005/2257},
    publication_type = {inproceedings},
    submission_id = {14571_1129138445},
    ISBN = {0769523978},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV05)},
    publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
    ISSN = {15506037},
}

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