Group-in-a-box – a new layout option in NodeXL (v.164)
Ordering smaller components in a graph – a NodeXL feature tip
From this:to this: in just a few clicks. Many network graphs contain disconnected smaller graphs, called "components", within them. Most layout algorithms do a poor job of managing to group each component in a separate space. Instead, often, components are…
Component Binning: a network layout improvement in NodeXL v.108
Network visualizations can be very compelling but they are often a smear of unintelligible nodes and edges without refinement and filtering. Creating an automated layout for a complex graph is a challenging area of mathematics and computer science. Several layouts…
Network layout game: minimize edge crossings
Jordi Comas at Bucknell University just mentioned this cool application on the SOCNET social network analysis discussion email list and I think it is worth a repeat: here is a great game that challenges you to find arrangements of nodes…