1993-10-22
1997-01-21
Bayerl, Raymond J.
395140, G06F 314
Patent
active
055967035
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for providing displays in which the locations of nodes of a graph relative to each other are a function of the significance of a relationship between the nodes. The technique used to locate the nodes produces groups of nodes with significant relationships to each other which are set visually apart from the other nodes. The relationships between the nodes are defined by using a statistic to give weights to links between the nodes. Statistics may also be used to determine the size, shape, and color of the nodes and the color and width of the links. The display may also include histograms which show the numbers of links or nodes which have given values of the statistics and which relate the colors in which the nodes and links are displayed to values of the statistics. The histograms may further be used to interactively define masks for links and nodes, and masked links and nodes are not taken into account in making the display.
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Eick Stephen G.
Wills Graham J.
Bayerl Raymond J.
dela Torre Crescelle N.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Nelson Gordon E.
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