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0-dimensional persistent homology is known, from a computational point of view, as the easy case. Indeed, given a list of $n$ edges in non-decreasing order of filtration value, one only needs a union-find data structure to keep track of the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Marc Glisse

Topological data analysis uses tools from topology -- the mathematical area that studies shapes -- to create representations of data. In particular, in persistent homology, one studies one-parameter families of spaces associated with data,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Guido Montúfar , Nina Otter , Yuguang Wang

Consider a graph drawn on a surface (for example, the plane minus a finite set of obstacle points), possibly with crossings. We provide an algorithm to decide whether such a drawing can be untangled, namely, if one can slide the vertices…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Éric Colin de Verdière , Vincent Despré , Loïc Dubois

It is an increasingly common practice in several natural and social sciences to rely on network visualisations both as heuristic tools to get a first overview of relational datasets and as a way to offer an illustration of network analysis…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-05-08 Tommaso Venturini , Mathieu Jacomy , Pablo Jensen

Force-directed layout methods constitute the most common approach to draw general graphs. Among them, stress minimization produces layouts of comparatively high quality but also imposes comparatively high computational demands. We propose a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Mark Ortmann , Mirza Klimenta , Ulrik Brandes

Persistent homology is a popular data analysis technique that is used to capture the changing topology of a filtration associated with some simplicial complex $K$. These topological changes are summarized in persistence diagrams. We propose…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-10-11 Tamal K. Dey , Ryan Slechta

This work explores the use of topological tools for achieving effective non-prehensile manipulation in cluttered, constrained workspaces. In particular, it proposes the use of persistent homology as a guiding principle in identifying the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Ewerton R. Vieira , Daniel Nakhimovich , Kai Gao , Rui Wang , Jingjin Yu , Kostas E. Bekris

Directed graphs arise in many applications where computing persistent homology helps to encode the shape and structure of the input information. However, there are only a few ways to turn the directed graph information into an undirected…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-04-30 David E. Muñoz , Elizabeth Munch , Firas A. Khasawneh

We explore various techniques to incorporate grid-like layout conventions into a force-directed, constraint-based graph layout framework. In doing so we are able to provide high-quality layout---with predominantly axis-aligned edges---that…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2013-08-30 Steve Kieffer , Tim Dwyer , Kim Marriott , Michael Wybrow

Graph embedding algorithms are used to efficiently represent (encode) a graph in a low-dimensional continuous vector space that preserves the most important properties of the graph. One aspect that is often overlooked is whether the graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Zekarias T. Kefato , Nasrullah Sheikh , Alberto Montresor

Persistent homology is a widely used tool in Topological Data Analysis that encodes multiscale topological information as a multi-set of points in the plane called a persistence diagram. It is difficult to apply statistical theory directly…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-03 Frédéric Chazal , Brittany Terese Fasy , Fabrizio Lecci , Alessandro Rinaldo , Larry Wasserman

The visualization of concept lattices is a central problem in the field of Formal Concept Analysis. Force-directed algorithms, as popular in graph drawing, are a promising approach, treating lattice diagrams as physical models, optimizing…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Marcel Nöhre , Dominik Dürrschnabel , Bernhard Ganter , Gerd Stumme

Topological data analysis is becoming increasingly relevant to support the analysis of unstructured data sets. A common assumption in data analysis is that the data set is a sample---not necessarily a uniform one---of some high-dimensional…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-20 Bastian Rieck , Markus Banagl , Filip Sadlo , Heike Leitte

Graph drawings are useful tools for exploring the structure and dynamics of data that can be represented by pair-wise relationships among a set of objects. Typical real-world social, biological or technological networks exhibit high…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-07-05 Christian Schulz

Persistent homology has recently emerged as a powerful technique in topological data analysis for analyzing the emergence and disappearance of topological features throughout a filtered space, shown via persistence diagrams. Additionally,…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2016-12-16 Nicholas A. Scoville , Karthik Yegnesh

The theory of multidimensional persistent homology was initially developed in the discrete setting, and involved the study of simplicial complexes filtered through an ordering of the simplices. Later, stability properties of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-03-28 Niccolò Cavazza , Marc Ethier , Patrizio Frosini , Tomasz Kaczynski , Claudia Landi

Granular materials exhibit intricate force networks, often concentrated in chains rather than being uniformly distributed. These meso-scale structures are complex to characterize, owing to their heterogeneous and anisotropic nature. We…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-08-06 S Vishali , Abrar Naseer , Vijay Natarajan , Tejas G Murthy

Node-link diagrams are a popular method for representing graphs that capture relationships between individuals, businesses, proteins, and telecommunication endpoints. However, node-link diagrams may fail to convey insights regarding graph…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Paul Rosen , Mustafa Hajij , Bei Wang

Persistent homology is a tool that can be employed to summarize the shape of data by quantifying homological features. When the data is an object in $\mathbb{R}^d$, the (augmented) persistent homology transform ((A)PHT) is a family of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-12-27 Brittany Terese Fasy , Samuel Micka , David L. Millman , Anna Schenfisch , Lucia Williams

Hypergraphs are useful mathematical models for describing complex relationships among members of a structured graph, while hyperdigraphs serve as a generalization that can encode asymmetric relationships in the data. However, obtaining…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2023-04-10 Dong Chen , Jian Liu , Jie Wu , Guo-Wei Wei