16.1.1                            Annealing Layout

This is an implementation of a simulated annealing layout. The idea of the algorithm is to minimize the total system energy. Simulated Annealing is a force-directed layout and is one of the more computationally expensive but generally effective layouts of this type. R.Davidson and D.Harel. ?gDrawing Graphs Nicely Using Simulated Annealing?h, ACM Transaction on Graphics, 15(4):301–331, 1996.