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A case study in fitting area-proportional euler diagrams with ellipses using eulerr

Larsson, Johan LU orcid and Gustafsson, Peter LU (2018) 6th International Workshop on Set Visualization and Reasoning, SetVR 2018 In CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2116. p.84-91
Abstract

Euler diagrams are common and user-friendly visualizations for set relationships. Most Euler diagrams use circles, but circles do not always yield accurate diagrams. A promising alternative is ellipses, which, in theory, enable accurate diagrams for a wider range of input. Elliptical diagrams, however, have not yet been implemented for more than three sets or three-set diagrams where there are disjoint or subset relationships. The aim of this paper is to present eulerr: a software package for elliptical Euler diagrams for, in theory, any number of sets. It fits Euler diagrams using numerical optimization and exact-area algorithms through a two-step procedure, first generating an initial layout using pairwise relationships and then... (More)

Euler diagrams are common and user-friendly visualizations for set relationships. Most Euler diagrams use circles, but circles do not always yield accurate diagrams. A promising alternative is ellipses, which, in theory, enable accurate diagrams for a wider range of input. Elliptical diagrams, however, have not yet been implemented for more than three sets or three-set diagrams where there are disjoint or subset relationships. The aim of this paper is to present eulerr: a software package for elliptical Euler diagrams for, in theory, any number of sets. It fits Euler diagrams using numerical optimization and exact-area algorithms through a two-step procedure, first generating an initial layout using pairwise relationships and then finalizing this layout using all set relationships.

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CEUR Workshop Proceedings
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2116
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6th International Workshop on Set Visualization and Reasoning, SetVR 2018
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2018-06-18
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1613-0073
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  abstract     = {{<p>Euler diagrams are common and user-friendly visualizations for set relationships. Most Euler diagrams use circles, but circles do not always yield accurate diagrams. A promising alternative is ellipses, which, in theory, enable accurate diagrams for a wider range of input. Elliptical diagrams, however, have not yet been implemented for more than three sets or three-set diagrams where there are disjoint or subset relationships. The aim of this paper is to present eulerr: a software package for elliptical Euler diagrams for, in theory, any number of sets. It fits Euler diagrams using numerical optimization and exact-area algorithms through a two-step procedure, first generating an initial layout using pairwise relationships and then finalizing this layout using all set relationships.</p>}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Johan and Gustafsson, Peter}},
  booktitle    = {{CEUR Workshop Proceedings : Proceedings of International Workshop on Set Visualization and Reasoning (SetVR 2018)}},
  issn         = {{1613-0073}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  pages        = {{84--91}},
  series       = {{CEUR Workshop Proceedings}},
  title        = {{A case study in fitting area-proportional euler diagrams with ellipses using eulerr}},
  volume       = {{2116}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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