000K utf8 1100 $c2018 1500 eng 2050 urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:1-zs-00000337-a5 3000 Schulze, Christoph Daniel 3010 von Hanxleden, Reinhard 3010 Wechselberg, Nis Boerge 4000 Edge Label Placement in Layered Graph Drawing [Schulze, Christoph Daniel] 4209 Many visual languages based on node-link diagrams use edge labels. We describe different strategies of placing edge labels in the context of the layered approach to graph drawing and investigate ways of encoding edge direction in labels. We evaluate the label placement strategies based on both common aesthetic criteria and a controlled experiment. We find that placing labels on their edge can lead to more compact diagrams. Also, placing labels with additional arrows indicating edge direction can help users navigate in large diagrams and is generally preferred by participants of our experiment, outperforming other ways of indicating edge direction. 4950 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:1-zs-00000337-a5$xR$3Volltext$534 4961 https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00002021 5051 004