Abstract
The basic graph layout technique, one of the visualization te chniques, deals with the problem of positioning the vertices i n a way to maximize understandability and usability in a grap h. This technique is becoming a vital part for further develop ment in the field of systems biology. However, applying the appropriate automatic graph layout techniques to the genome scale flow of metabolism requires understanding of the charac teristics of metabolites and reactions, which suggest valuable information to bioinformatics software developers for better visualization of automatic graph layout. In this paper, we define the term relation degree of a compound pair to provide a reasonable way to visualize metabolic pathway atlas, based on the parsing result of the publicly available XML files. It is a preliminary step for future research in the area of automatic 1 ayout techniques in large-scale biological pathway domain.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC'09 |
Pages | 644-649 |
Number of pages | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Event | 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC'09 - Suwon, Korea, Republic of Duration: 15 Jan 2009 → 16 Jan 2009 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC'09 |
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Conference
Conference | 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, ICUIMC'09 |
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Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Suwon |
Period | 15/01/09 → 16/01/09 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work reported herein forms part of an investigation into 'Design for safety of structures subject to dimce-type loads' financed bya grant h m EPSRC. The authors are also gratefbl for Dr B. R. Ellis, BRE, and Dr A. J. Bell, UMIST, for their constructive comments ont he paper.
Keywords
- Drawing algorithm
- Edge crossing
- Metabolic pathway
- Parsing
- Relation degree
- XML