Create Steiner tree from real and dummy points

creates an approximated Steiner tree for a flow map visualization

tnss_tree(
  g,
  xy,
  xydummy,
  root,
  gamma = 0.9,
  epsilon = 0.3,
  elen = Inf,
  order = "random"
)

Arguments

g

original flow network (must be a one-to-many flow network, i.e star graph). Must have a weight attribute indicating the flow

xy

coordinates of "real" nodes

xydummy

coordinates of "dummy" nodes

root

root node id of the flow

gamma

edge length decay parameter

epsilon

percentage of points keept on a line after straightening with Visvalingam Algorithm

elen

maximal length of edges in triangulation

order

in which order shortest paths are calculated ("random","weight","near","far")

Value

approximated Steiner tree from dummy and real nodes as igraph object

Details

Use tnss_smooth to smooth the edges of the tree

References

Sun, Shipeng. "An automated spatial flow layout algorithm using triangulation, approximate Steiner tree, and path smoothing." AutoCarto, 2016.

Author

David Schoch

Examples

xy <- cbind(state.center$x,state.center$y)[!state.name%in%c("Alaska","Hawaii"),]
xy_dummy <- tnss_dummies(xy,root = 4)
gtree <- tnss_tree(cali2010,xy,xy_dummy,root = 4,gamma = 0.9)