Automated label placement in theory and practice

Title page and contents 1\. An introduction to label placement 1 2\. General labeling: label-number maximization 11 3\. Point labeling: label-number maximization 31 4\. Point labeling: label-size maximization 81 5\. Line labeling 97 6\. Designing geometric algorithms 113 Conclusion 131 Bibliography 139 Thanks 137 Abstract and Zusammenfassung V

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