Monotonic convergence, the property that the algorithm will at each iteration decrease the stress or cost of the layout, is important because it guarantees that the layout will eventually reach a local minimum and stop.
Monotona konvergencija, osobina da ce algoritam u svakoj iteraciji smanjivati pritisak ili cenu rasporeda, je važan zato što garantuje da će raspored eventualno dostići lokalni minimum i stati.