QGraphicsScene * ClusteredArranger::arrange(SegmentList const & segments) const {
   QGraphicsScene * arrangement = new QGraphicsScene();

   QTime time;
   time.start();

   // determine background
   Segment * background = determineBackground(segments);
   SegmentList segmentsWOBack = removeBackground(segments, background);
   arrangement->setBackgroundBrush(QBrush(QColor(background->color().toQRgb())));
   segmentsWOBack.calculateFeatureVariances();

   // initialize layout
   //initializeLayout(segmentsWOBack, segmentsWOBack.featX(), segmentsWOBack.featY());
   initializeLayout(segmentsWOBack, xAxisBox->currentIndex(), yAxisBox->currentIndex());

   // find clusters
   time.restart();
   QList<SegmentList> clusters = meanShift(segmentsWOBack);
   qDebug("Segments clustered in %f seconds", time.restart()/1000.0);
   qDebug("  %d clusters found", clusters.size());

   // refine clusters
   //int counter = 0;
   foreach (SegmentList cluster, clusters) {
      if (clusterBox->currentIndex() == 0) {
         refineLayoutCircles(cluster);
      }
      else if (clusterBox->currentIndex() == 1) {
         refineLayoutPiles(cluster);
      }

      // debug output
      /*QGraphicsScene scene;
      scene.setBackgroundBrush(QBrush(QColor(255, 255, 255)));
      foreach(Segment * const segment, cluster) {
         scene.addItem(segment->toQGraphicsItem());
         // without the following line QPainter tends to crash
         scene.width();
      }
      ++counter;
      saveScene(&scene, QString("Test%1.png").arg(counter, 2));*/
   }

   // refine layout
   if (clusterBox->currentIndex() == 0) {
      refineLayoutByPlace(clusters);
   }
   else if (clusterBox->currentIndex() == 1) {
      refineLayoutBySize(clusters);
   }

   // convert the segments to QGraphicsItems and add to QGraphicsScene
   foreach(Segment const * const segment, segmentsWOBack) {
      arrangement->addItem(segment->toQGraphicsItem());
      // without the following line QPainter tends to crash
      arrangement->width();
   }