Introduction to
Networks
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Eric Ma
Data Carpentry instructor and author of
nxviz package
Networks!
Examples:
Social
Transportation
Model relationships between entities
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Networks!
Insights:
Important entities: in uencers in social network
Path nding: most e cient transport path
Clustering: nding communities
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Network Structure
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Network Structure
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Network Structure
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Network Structure
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NetworkX API Basics
import networkx as nx
G = nx.Graph()
G.add_nodes_from([1, 2, 3])
G.nodes()
[1, 2, 3]
G.add_edge(1, 2)
G.edges()
[(1, 2)]
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NetworkX API Basics
G.node[1]['label'] = 'blue'
G.nodes(data=True)
[(1, {'label': 'blue'}), (2, {}), (3, {})]
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NetworkX API Basics
nx.draw(G)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.show()
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Types of graphs
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Eric Ma
Data Carpentry instructor and author of
nxviz package
Undirected graphs
Facebook social graph
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Undirected graphs
import networkx as nx
G = nx.Graph()
type(G)
networkx.classes.graph.Graph
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Directed graphs
Directed: Twi er social graph
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Directed graphs
D = nx.DiGraph()
type(D)
networkx.classes.digraph.DiGraph
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Types of graphs
Multi(Di)Graph: Trip records between bike sharing stations
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Multi-edge (Directed) graphs
M = nx.MultiGraph()
type(M)
networkx.classes.multigraph.MultiGraph
MD = nx.MultiDiGraph()
type(MD)
networkx.classes.multidigraph.MultiDiGraph
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Weights on graphs
Edges can contain weights
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Weights on graphs
Edges can contain weights
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Weights on graphs
Edges can contain weights
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Self-loops
Nodes that are connected to themselves
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Network
visualization
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Eric Ma
Data Carpentry instructor and author of
nxviz package
Irrational vs. Rational visualizations
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Visualizing networks
Matrix plots
Arc plots
Circos plots
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Visualizing networks
Matrix plots
Arc plots
Circos plots
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Matrix plot
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Matrix plot
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Matrix plot
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Matrix plot
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Directed matrices
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Visualizing networks
Matrix Plots
Arc Plots
Circos Plots
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Arc plot
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Visualizing networks
Matrix Plots
Arc Plots
Circos Plots
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Circos plot
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Circos plot
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nxviz API
import nxviz as nv
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
ap = nv.ArcPlot(G)
ap.draw()
plt.show()
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