Guides

In this page you will find user guides of the Linear Arrangement Library. These are classified by version number.

Version 24.10

Quick guide (Python). Introductory guide to LAL.

  • Introduction to LAL (contains installation instructions for Windows users)
  • Working with single trees (construction of trees; calculation of scores on single trees)
  • Working with treebanks and treebank collections (contains hints on efficiency for faster processing).

Advanced guide (Python). A guide to calculating random baselines and hypothesis testing with LAL.

  • Random and exhaustive generation of trees (the 8 combinations of exhaustive/random unlabeled/labeled free/rooted trees).
  • Random and exhaustive generation of linear arrangements (following three formal constraints: projectivity, planarity, and unconstrained arrangements).

Version 23.01

Quick guide (Python). Introductory guide to LAL.

  • Introduction to LAL (contains installation instructions for Windows users)
  • Working with single trees (construction of trees; calculation of scores on single trees)
  • Working with treebanks and treebank collections (contains hints on efficiency for faster processing).

Advanced guide (Python). A guide to calculating random baselines and hypothesis testing with LAL.

  • Random and exhaustive generation of trees (the 8 combinations of exhaustive/random unlabeled/labeled free/rooted trees).
  • Random and exhaustive generation of linear arrangements (following three formal constraints: projectivity, planarity, and unconstrained arrangements).

Version 21.07

Quick guide (Python). Introductory guide to LAL.

  • Introduction to LAL (contains installation instructions for Windows users)
  • Working with single trees (construction of trees; calculation of scores on single trees)
  • Working with treebanks and treebank collections (contains hints on efficiency for faster processing).

Advanced guide (Python). A guide to calculating random baselines and hypothesis testing with LAL.

  • Random and exhaustive generation of trees (the 8 combinations of exhaustive/random unlabeled/labeled free/rooted trees).
  • Random and exhaustive generation of linear arrangements (following three formal constraints: projectivity, planarity, and unconstrained arrangements) .