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In [1] M.J.Fischer and M.S.Paterson pointed out that finding the optimal planar layout of a weighted graph with respect to the L2-metric is NP-hard. We consider this problem with respect to the L1-city-block metric in the discrete and continuous case and show that it remains NP-hard.
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Becker, B. (1982). On the crossing-free, rectangular embedding of weighted graphs in the plane. In: Cremers, A.B., Kriegel, HP. (eds) Theoretical Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 145. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0036469
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