摘要
当今万维网、社会关系网等复杂网络的规模迅速发展,一方面导致人们很难用数字和表格来对这些复杂网络进行全局规划和管理,另一方面复杂网络包含了非常丰富的信息资源但都难于被发现。可视化技术提供了有效的方法来理解复杂网络的结构并从中挖掘有效信息。本文全面介绍了复杂网络可视化技术的研究进展,讨论了可视化布点算法和压缩算法,并介绍了若干具有代表性的复杂网络可视化工具、列举了复杂网络可视化技术在相关领域的应用。
Many real-world domains can be represented as complex networks. Visual depictions of networks, which exploit human visual processing, are more prone to cognition of the structure of such complex networks than the computational representatiorn. Many characteristics of the Complex Network algorithms are analyzed firstly. Then the paper briefly introduces the general and special tools for the Visualization; Thirdly, the applications of visualization technology in several fields are presented. Finally, the new problems and challenges which arise from current research are discussed and some suggestions for future research work are put forward.
出处
《计算机科学》
CSCD
北大核心
2007年第4期17-23,共7页
Computer Science
基金
国家自然科学基金(60402011)资助
关键词
复杂网络
可视化
信息可视化
布点算法
Complex network, Visualization, Information visualization, Layout algorithm
