I'm tasked to write a layout panel and library to display a directional left-right graph with a single source and sink node. Most of the documents I'm finding online are heavily detailed on the theory ...

As a branch of graph theory, Graph drawing applies topology and geometry to derive two- and three-dimensional representations of graphs. Graph drawing is motivated by applications such as VLSI circuit ...

Plotting a graph takes time. Often mathematicians just want to know the key features. These are: shape, location and some key points (such as where the graph crosses the axes or turning points).