Mastering Gephi network visualization : produce advanced network graphs in Gephi and gain valuable insights into your network datasets /: produce advanced network graphs in Gephi and gain valuable insights into your network datasets. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Produce advanced network graphs in Gephi and gain valuable insights into your network datasets
• Further Information: Note: Ken Cherven.
• Authors: Cherven, Ken
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Complex Networks and Gephi; Graph applications; Collaboration graphs; Who-Talks-to-Whom graphs; Information linkages; Technological networks; Natural world networks; A network graph analysis primer; Paths and connectivity; Paths; Cycles; Connectivity; Network structure; Centrality; Components; Giant components and clustering; Homophily; Density; Network behaviors; Contagion and diffusion; Network growth; Overviewing Gephi; Primary windows. Data laboratoryManual entry; CSV import; Excel import; MySQL import; Graph file import; Graph window; Preview window; Secondary windows (tabs); The filtering tab; The statistics tab; The layouts tab; Essential plugins; Clustering -- Chinese Whispers; Data laboratory; Data laboratory helper; Exports; Sigmajs Exporter; Seadragon Web Export; Graph Streaming; ExportToEarth; Generator -- Complex Generators plugin; Layout; The multipartite layout; The hive plot layout; The concentric layout; The OpenOrd layout; The circular layout; The layered layout; The ARF layout; Additional plugins. Link communities (Metrics)Give color to nodes (Tools); Summary; Chapter 2: A Network Graph Framework; A proposed process flow; Identifying an idea or topic; Determining the final output; Identifying the data sources; Formatting the data for Gephi; Importing data into Gephi; Viewing the initial graph layout; Selecting a layout; Analyzing the graph; Modifying the graph; Exporting the graph; Creating an example graph; Identifying the topic; Finding the data source; Formatting the data for Gephi; Importing the data; Viewing the initial network; Selecting an appropriate layout. The Force Atlas layoutThe Fruchterman-Reingold layout; The Radial Axis layout; The Yifan hu layout; ARF; Analyzing the graph; Modifying the graph; Exporting the graph; Summary; Chapter 3: Selecting the Layout; Overviewing the layout types; The force-based layouts; The ARF layout; Force Atlas; Force Atlas 2; Force Atlas 3D; The Fruchterman-Reingold algorithm; The OpenOrd algorithm; The Yifan Hu algorithm; The Yifan Hu Proportional layout; The Yifan Hu Multilevel approach; Tree layouts; DAG layout; Circular layouts; The Circular layout; The Concentric layout; The Dual Circle layout. Radial layoutsThe Hiveplot layout; The Radial Axis layout; Geographic layouts; The Geo layout; The Maps of Countries layout; Additional layouts; The Isometric layout; The Multipartite layout; The Layered layout; Network Splitter 3D; Additional layout tools; Assessing your graphing needs; Actual example -- The Miles Davis network; Analysis goal; Dataset parameters; Network density; Network behaviors; Network display; Temporal elements; Interactivity; Layout strengths and weaknesses; Testing layouts; Testing the ARF layout; Concentric layout; Testing the Radial Axis layout.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 302.3; COMPUTERS -- Data Modeling & Design; PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source; Social sciences -- Network analysis; Social networks -- Data processing; Graphic methods -- Computer programs; Charts, diagrams, etc -- Computer programs; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783987351; 1783987359; 1783987340; 9781783987344
• Related ISBNs: 9781783987344
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed February 24, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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