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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John Mourra, Oakville, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and/or computer program product generates self-organizing layouts of process diagrams. Initial weight vectors are distributed uniformly within boundaries of regions in the process diagram. A spatial input vector is randomly generated within the boundaries of each region. In each region in the process diagram, a closest graphical node is found, and a position of a winning graphical node that is the closest graphical node to the random input vector is adjusted. Positions of all non-immutable graphical objects, w, in a topographical neighborhood N(k) of a closest graphical node wthat can cross a boundary of one or more regions from the multiple regions are adjusted. The spatial input vector is recursively generated, the closest graphical node is recursively located, and the positions of all non-immutable graphical objects, w, in the topographical neighborhood N(k) are recursively adjusted until a maximum number of iterations, kis reached.