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The task of finding an extension to a given partial drawing of a graph while adhering to constraints on the representation has been extensively studied in the literature, with well-known results providing efficient algorithms for…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Sujoy Bhore , Robert Ganian , Liana Khazaliya , Fabrizio Montecchiani , Martin Nöllenburg

We define the \emph{visual complexity} of a plane graph drawing to be the number of basic geometric objects needed to represent all its edges. In particular, one object may represent multiple edges (e.g., one needs only one line segment to…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-09-10 Gregor Hültenschmidt , Philipp Kindermann , Wouter Meulemans , André Schulz

Computing planar orthogonal drawings with the minimum number of bends is one of the most relevant topics in Graph Drawing. The problem is known to be NP-hard, even when we want to test the existence of a rectilinear planar drawing, i.e., an…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-09-07 Emilio Di Giacomo , Walter Didimo , Giuseppe Liotta , Fabrizio Montecchiani , Giacomo Ortali

The algorithm of Gutwenger et al. to insert an edge $e$ in linear time into a planar graph $G$ with a minimal number of crossings on $e$, is a helpful tool for designing heuristics that minimize edge crossings in drawings of general graphs.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Marcel Radermacher , Ignaz Rutter

In this paper, we give polynomial-time algorithms that can take a graph G with a given combinatorial embedding on an orientable surface S of genus g and produce a planar drawing of G in R^2, with a bounding face defined by a polygonal…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2009-08-13 Christian A. Duncan , Michael T. Goodrich , Stephen G. Kobourov

Vertex connectivity and edge connectivity are fundamental concepts in graph theory that have been widely studied from both structural and algorithmic perspectives. The focus of this paper is on computing these two parameters for graphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Therese Biedl , Prosenjit Bose , Karthik Murali

We provide an algorithm for computing a planar morph between any two planar straight-line drawings of any $n$-vertex plane graph in $O(n)$ morphing steps, thus improving upon the previously best known $O(n^2)$ upper bound. Further, we prove…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-02-20 Patrizio Angelini , Giordano Da Lozzo , Giuseppe Di Battista , Fabrizio Frati , Maurizio Patrignani , Vincenzo Roselli

A graph with n vertices is 1-planar if it can be drawn in the plane such that each edge is crossed at most once, and is optimal if it has the maximum of 4n-8 edges. We show that optimal 1-planar graphs can be recognized in linear time. Our…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Franz J. Brandenburg

We study the problem of embedding graphs in the plane as good geometric spanners. That is, for a graph $G$, the goal is to construct a straight-line drawing $\Gamma$ of $G$ in the plane such that, for any two vertices $u$ and $v$ of $G$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-14 Oswin Aichholzer , Manuel Borrazzo , Prosenjit Bose , Jean Cardinal , Fabrizio Frati , Pat Morin , Birgit Vogtenhuber

The vertex connectivity of a graph $G$ is the size of the smallest set of vertices $S$ such that $G \setminus S$ is disconnected. For the class of planar graphs, the problem of vertex connectivity is well-studied, both from structural and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Therese Biedl , Karthik Murali

In this paper we study problems of drawing graphs in the plane using edge length constraints and angle optimization. Specifically we consider the problem of maximizing the minimum angle, the MMA problem. We solve the MMA problem using a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-05-22 Sergey Bereg , Timothy Rozario

An octilinear drawing of a planar graph is one in which each edge is drawn as a sequence of horizontal, vertical and diagonal at 45 degrees line-segments. For such drawings to be readable, special care is needed in order to keep the number…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-12-16 Michael A. Bekos , Michael Kaufmann , Robert Krug

Graph drawing addresses the problem of finding a layout of a graph that satisfies given aesthetic and understandability objectives. The most important objective in graph drawing is minimization of the number of crossings in the drawing, as…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Mohamed A. El-Sayed , S. Abdel-Khalek , Hanan H. Amin

We investigate the problem of constructing planar drawings with few bends for two related problems, the partially embedded graph problem---to extend a straight-line planar drawing of a subgraph to a planar drawing of the whole graph---and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-10-31 Timothy M. Chan , Fabrizio Frati , Carsten Gutwenger , Anna Lubiw , Petra Mutzel , Marcus Schaefer

We consider embeddings of planar graphs in $R^2$ where vertices map to points and edges map to polylines. We refer to such an embedding as a polyline drawing, and ask how few bends are required to form such a drawing for an arbitrary planar…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-06-17 Taylor Gordon

Orthogonal graph drawings are used in applications such as UML diagrams, VLSI layout, cable plans, and metro maps. We focus on drawing planar graphs and assume that we are given an \emph{orthogonal representation} that describes the desired…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Walter Didimo , Siddharth Gupta , Philipp Kindermann , Giuseppe Liotta , Alexander Wolff , Meirav Zehavi

Van Goethem and Verbeek recently showed how to morph between two planar orthogonal drawings $\Gamma_I$ and $\Gamma_O$ of a connected graph $G$ while preserving planarity, orthogonality, and the complexity of the drawing during the morph.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2019-08-23 Arthur van Goethem , Bettina Speckmann , Kevin Verbeek

A monotone drawing of a planar graph $G$ is a planar straight-line drawing of $G$ where a monotone path exists between every pair of vertices of $G$ in some direction. Recently monotone drawings of planar graphs have been proposed as a new…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-10-24 Md. Iqbal Hossain , Md. Saidur Rahman

In octilinear drawings of planar graphs, every edge is drawn as an alternating sequence of horizontal, vertical and diagonal ($45^\circ$) line-segments. In this paper, we study octilinear drawings of low edge complexity, i.e., with few…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-27 Michael A. Bekos , Martin Gronemann , Michael Kaufmann , Robert Krug

We study contact representations of graphs in which vertices are represented by axis-aligned polyhedra in 3D and edges are realized by non-zero area common boundaries between corresponding polyhedra. We show that for every 3-connected…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-05-05 Md. Jawaherul Alam , William Evans , Stephen G. Kobourov , Sergey Pupyrev , Jackson Toeniskoetter , Torsten Ueckerdt