Title
Bend-optimal orthogonal graph drawing in the general position model
Abstract
We consider orthogonal drawings in the general position model, i.e., no two points share a coordinate. The drawings are also required to be bend minimal, i.e., each edge of a drawing in k dimensions has exactly one segment parallel to each coordinate direction that are glued together at k-1 bends. We provide a precise description of the class of graphs that admit an orthogonal drawing in the general position model in the plane. The main tools for the proof are Eulerian orientations of graphs and discrete harmonic functions. The tools developed for the planar case can also be applied in higher dimensions. We discuss two-bend drawings in three dimensions and show that K"2"k"+"2 admits a k-bend drawing in k+1 dimensions. If we allow that a vertex is placed at infinity, we can draw K"2"k"+"3 with k bends in k+1 dimensions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.comgeo.2013.03.002
Comput. Geom.
Keywords
Field
DocType
k bend,k-1 bend,k-bend drawing,two-bend drawing,bend-optimal orthogonal graph drawing,eulerian orientation,general position model,k dimension,orthogonal drawing,higher dimension,discrete harmonic function
Graph drawing,Graph,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Harmonic function,General position,Vertex (geometry),Infinity,Eulerian path,Planar,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
47
3
0925-7721
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.42
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefan Felsner169272.23
Michael Kaufmann236125.45
Pavel Valtr339777.30