Title
Module-based visualization of large-scale graph network data
Abstract
The efficient visualization of dynamic network structures has become a dominant problem in many big data applications, such as large network analytics, traffic management, resource allocation graphs, logistics, social networks, and large document repositories. In this paper, we present a large-graph visualization system called ModuleGraph. ModuleGraph is a scalable representation of graph structures by treating a graph as a set of modules. The main objectives are: (1) to detect graph patterns in the visualization of large-graph data, and (2) to emphasize the interconnecting structures to detect potential interactions between local modules. Our first contribution is a hybrid modularity measure. This measure partitions the cohesion of the graph at various levels of details. We aggregate clusters of nodes and edges into several modules to reduce the overlap between graph components on a 2D display. Our second contribution is a k-clustering method that can flexibly detect the local patterns or substructures in modules. Patterns of modules are preserved by the ModuleGraph system to avoid information loss, while sub-graphs are clustered as a single node. Our experiments show that this method can efficiently support large-scale social and spatial network visualization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-016-0375-5
Journal of Visualization
Keywords
Field
DocType
Network visualization,Module grouping,Graph drawing,Information visualization,Community detection
Graph drawing,Graph,Graph database,Information visualization,Computer science,Visualization,Theoretical computer science,Network data,Wait-for graph
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
2
1343-8875
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chenhui Li12711.16
George Baciu240956.17
Yunzhe Wang353.80