JuliaGraphs / JuliaGraphs/NetworkLayout.jl
Feature request: layouts for weighted graphs
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Description
If one has a weighted graph, would it make sense for the layout algorithm to account for the weights?
This is done in, for instance, the R package qgraph.
Perhaps I'm viewing this too simplistically, but I think that all that needs to be done is multiply by the weights at some point. For example, in the Spring layout, there is now
where, if I understand the code correctly, this line F_d = d / K - K^2 / d^2 could be changed to account for the weight of the edge. One option is to simply weigh the attraction by the (normalized) edge strength, which is I think what qgraph does (see https://github.com/cran/qgraph/blob/57d588ee05a554f9d1078914e05ce03662c610b2/src/layout_rcpp.cpp#L111).
Any thoughts? I'd be happy to open a draft PR for a single layout (e.g., spring).
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Research direction
Read src/spring.jl around lines 95–102 and compare the linked qgraph implementation to understand how normalized edge weights might affect spring attraction. The requested scope is a weighted spring layout, but the design and validation criteria remain open, so confirm those before implementing.
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