IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) is a monthly journal that publishes research on subjects related to computer graphics and visualization techniques, systems, software, hardware, and user interface issues. Read the full scope of TVCG.
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From the February 2019 issue
A Coloring Algorithm for Disambiguating Graph and Map Drawings
By Yifan Hu, Lei Shi, and Qingsong Liu
Drawings of non-planar graphs always result in edge crossings. When there are many edges crossing at small angles, it is often difficult to follow these edges, because of the multiple visual paths resulted from the crossings that slow down eye movements. In this paper we propose an algorithm that disambiguates the edges with automatic selection of distinctive colors. Our proposed algorithm computes a near optimal color assignment of a dual collision graph, using a novel branch-and-bound procedure applied to a space decomposition of the color gamut. We give examples demonstrating this approach in real world graphs and maps, as well as a user study to establish its effectiveness and limitations.
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- A Message from the New Editor-in-Chief (February 2019)
- Editor's Note (September 2018)
- 2017 TVCG Best Associate Editor Award and Best Reviewer Award (August 2018)
- Introducing the IEEE Virtual Reality 2018 Special Issue (April 2018)
- State of the Journal (February 2018)
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief (January 2018)
- Editor’s Note (December 2017)
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief and from the Associate Editor-in-Chief (November 2017)
- Introducing the IEEE Virtual Reality 2017 Special Issue (April 2017)
- Editor's Note (March 2017)
- State of the Journal (February 2017)
- Editor's Note (December 2016)
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief and from the Associate Editor-in-Chief (November 2016)
- Editor's Note (August 2016)
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE VR Special Issue (April 2016)
- Editor's Note (March 2016)
- State of the Journal (February 2016)
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE VIS Special Issue (January 2016)
- Editor's Note (December 2015)
- Message from the Editor-in-Chief and the Associate Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE ISMAR Special Issue (November 2015)
- Editor's Note (September 2015)
- Editor's Note (May 2015)
- Message from the former Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE VR Special Issue (April 2015)
- Editor's Note (February 2015)
- Message from the New Editor-In-Chief (January 2015)
- EIC Farewell and New EIC Introduction (January 2015)
Guest Editorials
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- Guest Editors’ Introduction: Special Section on IEEE PacificVis 2018 (June 2018)
- Message from the VIS Paper Chairs and Guest Editors (January 2018)
- Special Section on IEEE PacificVis 2017 (June 2017)
- Special Section on the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) (May 2017)
- Special Section on the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology 2015 (March 2017)
- Special Section on the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) (March 2017)
- Special Section on the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) 2015 (October 2016)
- Special Section on the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium 2015 (July 2016)
- Special Section on the 2016 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (June 2016)
- Special Issue on the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2016 (April 2016)
- Special Issue on the IEEE Visualization Conference 2016 (January 2016)
- Special Section on the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2014 (December 2015)
- Special Section on the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) (October 2015)
- Special Section on the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium 2014 (August 2015)
- Special Section on the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) 2014 (June 2015)
- Special Section on the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2013 (April 2015)
- Special issue on the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2015 (April 2015)
- Special Section on the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) (October 2014)
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