Smart Query Definition for Content-Based Search in Large Sets of Graphs

Landesberger, Tatiana von; Bremm, Sebastian; Bernard, Jürgen; Schreck, Tobias

Smart Query Definition for Content-Based Search in Large Sets of Graphs

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Date

2010

Authors

Landesberger, Tatiana von
Bremm, Sebastian
Bernard, Jürgen
Schreck, Tobias

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

Graphs are used in various application areas such as chemical, social or shareholder network analysis. Finding relevant graphs in large graph databases is thereby an important problem. Such search starts with the definition of the query object. Defining the query graph quickly and effectively so that it matches meaningful data in the database is difficult. In this paper, we introduce a system, which guides the user through the process of query graph building. We propose three approaches for graph definition. First, query by example selection starting from an overview of the graph types in the database, second query by sketch combining graph building blocks (i.e., topologic subgraphs) with free graph drawing, and third a combination of both approaches. In all three query definition ways, we support the user with intelligent, data dependent recommendations. It covers the whole spectrum of building parameters such as representative examples, frequent building blocks, or common graph size.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/PE/EuroVAST/EuroVAST10/007-012
,
booktitle = {EuroVAST 2010: International Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology
},
editor = {Joern Kohlhammer and Daniel Keim
},
title = {{Smart Query Definition for Content-Based Search in Large Sets of Graphs
}},
author = {Landesberger, Tatiana von and 
Bremm, Sebastian and 
Bernard, Jürgen and 
Schreck, Tobias
},
year = {2010
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISBN = {978-3-905673-74-6
},
DOI = {/10.2312/PE/EuroVAST/EuroVAST10/007-012
}
}