Constrained numerical optimisation techniques for automatic graph drawing

网络可视化（图形绘制）是一项对澳大利亚许多重要利益都有价值的使能技术。 该项目旨在开发比现有方法更容易适应特定应用的新技术。 开发这一技术有一系列好处，包括但不限于：改进了对恐怖主义网络的测绘，有助于及早查明安全威胁;改进了通信网络的设计和分析，无论是用于电信业还是用于紧急情况和灾害管理，如火灾;改进了对生物网络数据库的访问，这些数据库用于研究对药物开发和遗传研究至关重要的代谢过程。

Network visualisation (graph drawing) is an enabling technology that is valuable to many important Australian interests. This project aims to develop new techniques that are more easily adapted to specific applications than current methods. There are a range of benefits in developing this technology including but not limited to: improved mapping of terrorist networks that can aid early identification of security threats; improved design and analysis of communication networks, either for the telecommunications industry or for emergency and disaster management scenarios such as bushfires; improved access to biological network databases used in the study of metabolic processes critical to drug development and genetic research.