S$p 0: Insta%a&on and data
Hopefully you already downloaded and successfully installed
Gephi... if not please follow the instructions in
“instructions_setup_gephi.pdf” NOW.
You have just been emailed 3 datasets:
- Les Mis characters
- Jazz musicians
- Football games
...please also download these now
Network visualisa&on )ols
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Gephi is one of several pieces of software out there that we use
to visualise networks. There is no such thing as “THE Tool” to use.
We chose it to focus on in this class as it:
(a) is free and open source
(b) is capable of performing rudimentary network analyses at
the click of a button
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The choice of software, programming language, library, module
etc etc, depends on the application, the problem, the field, your
personal preference...
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...As such, see these slides as guidelines. If you are already
familiar with another tool, you are free to use it.
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Consider (lecturer’s personal preferences...) researching
Cytoscape, d3, NetworkX etc for your project / future
endeavours... the principles are the same, the implementation is
slightly different.
Vic)r Hugo: Les Misérables
Network visualisation: telling a story or reading a story?
