English

Interactive Graph Visualization in DDLab

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases 2025-06-13 v4

Abstract

Interactive visualization of the basin of attraction field, the ``ibaf-graph'', is a new feature in DDLab with the same interactive functions as the ``network-graph'' and ``jump-graph''. These functions allow any node and its connected fragment to be dragged/dropped with the pointer as a graphic animation with elastic links. The fragment itself depends on the node's link setting by inputs, outputs, or either, and a distance in link-steps. Further options include graph geometry, rescaling, node display, link editing, and isolating the fragment. This article describes the three graph types, network/ibaf/jump, their selection, enhanced functions, and applications to cellular automata, discrete dynamical networks and random maps.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2406.10704,
  title  = {Interactive Graph Visualization in DDLab},
  author = {Andrew Wuensche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.10704},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages, 29 figures, new function to isolate fragments, and minor corrections. To appear in "Advances in Cellular Automata", Editors: Andrew Adamatzky, Georgious Sirakoulis, Genaro Martinez, Springer, 2025

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