Use the force, Luke!
A master's words of wisdom to his apprentice
In this chapter we are going to cover one of the most fascinating aspects of D3: force. Force simulation is one of the most awe-inspiring techniques that you can add to your visualization. Through a number of highly interactive and fully-functional examples, we will help you explore not only the typical application of D3 force (for example, the force-directed graph), but also other essential aspects of force manipulation.
D3 force simulation support was created not as a separate capability, but rather as an additional D3 layout. As we have mentioned in Chapter 9, Lay Them Out, D3 layouts are non-visual data oriented layout management programs designed to be used with different visualization. Force layout was originally created for the purpose of implementing a specific visualization type called force-directed graph. Its implementation uses standard verlet integration based particle motion simulation with support...
