Graph Visualization and Navigation in Information Visualization: A Survey

@article{Herman2000GraphVA,
  title={Graph Visualization and Navigation in Information Visualization: A Survey},
  author={Ivan Herman and Guy Melançon and M. Scott Marshall},
  journal={IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.},
  year={2000},
  volume={6},
  pages={24-43}
}
This is a survey on graph visualization and navigation techniques, as used in information visualization. Graphs appear in numerous applications such as Web browsing, state-transition diagrams, and data structures. The ability to visualize and to navigate in these potentially large, abstract graphs is often a crucial part of an application. Information visualization has specific requirements, which means that this survey approaches the results of traditional graph drawing from a different… 
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