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Methods and systems for displaying network information

  • US 7,873,920 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2007
  • Issued: 01/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method of displaying a scheduling model as a network structure using force-directed layout wherein the network includes a plurality of nodes each node including an associated slack parameter having a value, said method comprising:

  • selecting a central time-directed axis;

    positioning each network node along the central time-directed axis using the associated slack parameter value of the network node to determine a distance from the central time-directed axis;

    applying force-directed computations to sets of concurrent nodes; and

    determining a subsequent set of concurrent nodes by selecting nodes which are successors only for edges for which the predecessors are contained in the previous concurrent sets of nodes until the entire network is partitioned into sets of concurrent nodes.

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