layout_stress() R function from [graphlayouts]

stress majorization layout

force-directed graph layout based on stress majorization. Similar to Kamada-Kawai, but generally faster and with better results.


layout_with_stress(
  g,
  weights = NA,
  iter = 500,
  tol = 1e-04,
  mds = TRUE,
  bbox = 30
)

layout_igraph_stress(
  g,
  weights = NA,
  iter = 500,
  tol = 1e-04,
  mds = TRUE,
  bbox = 30,
  circular
)

Arguments

g: igraph object
weights: possibly a numeric vector with edge weights. If this is NULL and the graph has a weight edge attribute, then the attribute is used. If this is NA then no weights are used (even if the graph has a weight attribute). By default, weights are ignored. See details for more.
iter: number of iterations during stress optimization
tol: stopping criterion for stress optimization
mds: should an MDS layout be used as initial layout (default: TRUE)
bbox: width of layout. Only relevant to determine the placement of disconnected graphs
circular: not used

Returns

matrix of xy coordinates

Details

Be careful when using weights. In most cases, the inverse of the edge weights should be used to ensure that the endpoints of an edges with higher weights are closer together (weights=1/E(g)$weight).

The layout_igraph_* function should not be used directly. It is only used as an argument for plotting with 'igraph'. 'ggraph' natively supports the layout.

Examples


library(igraph)
set.seed(665)

g <- sample_pa(100, 1, 1, directed = FALSE)

# calculate layout manually
xy <- layout_with_stress(g)

# use it with ggraph
## Not run:

library(ggraph)
ggraph(g, layout = "stress") +
    geom_edge_link0(edge_width = 0.2, colour = "grey") +
    geom_node_point(col = "black", size = 0.3) +
    theme_graph()
## End(Not run)

References

Gansner, E. R., Koren, Y., & North, S. (2004). Graph drawing by stress majorization. In International Symposium on Graph Drawing (pp. 239-250). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

layout_stress function