LAYOUT METHOD AND SYSTEM IN A DISPLAY AREA FOR DISCONNECTED DYNAMIC NETWORKS

摘要

A layout method in a display area for multiple graph components in a dynamic network. The multiple graph components are sorted according to their importance into a first subset S₁ and a second subset S₂ according to the order of their importance. The first subset S₁ is divided into an upper subset C_p including only the most important graph component and a lower subset C_m. The display area is divided into display portions S₁′ and S₂′ proportionally according to the importance values of the first subset S₁ and the second subset S₂. Display portion S₁′ is divided into display portions C_p′ and C_m′ proportionally according to the importance values of the upper subset C_p and the lower subset C_m. The first division and the second division and the corresponding division of the display area are executed iteratively until the aspect ratio of display portion C_p′ is close to 1.