Automatic Layout and Labelling of State Diagrams

Petra Mutzel () and Gunnar W. Klau ()
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Petra Mutzel: Vienna University of Technology, Algorithms and Data Structures Group
Gunnar W. Klau: Vienna University of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Computer Science, Algorithms and Complexity Group

A chapter in Mathematics — Key Technology for the Future, 2003, pp 584-608 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We consider the problem of automatically generating readable layouts for state diagrams. Such diagrams appear in the field of automation engineering in the design process of control systems. Our industrial partner, the Siemens AG, realised that due to the complex nature of these diagrams, automatic layout tools lead to a better design and documentation of control systems. The layout problem turns out to be difficult, since not only a graph drawing problem has to be solved but also an additional labelling problem. In this article we study the combined graph layout and labelling problem and present new results for the two-dimensional compaction problem in graph drawing, the label number maximisation problem and the combined graph labelling problem.

Keywords: Point Feature; State Diagram; Shape Description; Constraint Graph; Graph Drawing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-55753-8_46

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