A new grid- and modularity-based layout algorithm for complex biological networks.

ABSTRACT: The visualization of biological networks is critically important to aid researchers in understanding complex biological systems and arouses interest in designing efficient layout algorithms to draw biological networks according to their topology structures, especially for those networks with potential modules. The algorithms of grid layout series have an advantage in generating compact layouts with overlap-free nodes compared to force-directed; however, extant grid layout algorithms have difficulty in drawing modular networks and often generate layouts of high visual complexity when applied to networks with dense or clustered connectivity structure. To specifically assist the study of modular networks, we propose a grid- and modularity-based layout algorithm (GML) that consists of three st

SUBMITTER: He S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715240 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature