New Results in Graph Layout
David R. Wood · 2003
A track layout of a graph consists of a vertex colouring, an edge colouring, and a total order of each vertex colour class such that between each pair of vertex colour classes, there is no monochromatic pair of crossing edges. This paper studies track layouts and their applications to other models of graph layout. In particular, we improve on the results of Enomoto and Miyauchi [SIAM J. Discrete Math., 1999] regarding stack layouts of subdivisions, and give analogous results for queue layouts. We solve open problems due to Felsner, Wismath, and Liotta [Proc. Graph Drawing, 2001] and Pach, Thiele, and Toth [Proc. Graph Drawing, 1997] concerning three-dimensional straight-line grid drawings. We initiate the study of three-dimensional polyline grid drawings and establish volume bounds within a logarithmic factor of optimal.