NetworkLayout.jl
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Feature request: layouts for weighted graphs
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
https://github.com/JuliaGraphs/NetworkLayout.jl/blob/6574223d3c915c82695761a7c1318779f498f155/src/spring.jl#L95-L102
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).