Mastering Gephi network visualization : produce advanced network graphs in Gephi and gain valuable insights into your network datasets / Ken Cherven.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed February 24, 2015).

Annotation This book is intended for anyone interested in advanced network analysis. If you wish to master the skills of analyzing and presenting network graphs effectively, then this is the book for you. No coding experience is required to use this book, although some familiarity with the Gephi user interface will be helpful.

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.

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