Basics of NetworkX API, using Twitter network

To get you up and running with the NetworkX API, we will run through some basic functions that let you query a Twitter network that has been pre-loaded for you and is available in the IPython Shell as T. The Twitter network comes from KONECT, and shows a snapshot of a subset of Twitter users. It is an anonymized Twitter network with metadata.

You're now going to use the NetworkX API to explore some basic properties of the network, and are encouraged to experiment with the data in the IPython Shell.

Wait for the IPython shell to indicate that the graph that has been preloaded under the variable name T (representing a Twitter network), and then answer the following question:

What is the size of the graph T, the type of T.nodes(), and the data structure of the third element of the last edge listed in T.edges(data=True)? The len() and type() functions will be useful here. To access the last entry of T.edges(data=True), you can use list(T.edges(data=True))[-1].

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In this chapter, you'll be introduced to fundamental concepts in network analytics while exploring a real-world Twitter network dataset. You'll also learn about NetworkX, a library that allows you to manipulate, analyze, and model graph data. You'll learn about the different types of graphs and how to rationally visualize them.

Exercise 1: Introduction to Networks Exercise 2: What is a network?Exercise 3: Basics of NetworkX API, using Twitter network

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Exercise 4: Basic drawing of a network using NetworkX Exercise 5: Queries on a graph Exercise 6: Types of graphs Exercise 7: Checking the un/directed status of a graph Exercise 8: Specifying a weight on edges Exercise 9: Checking whether there are self-loops in the graph Exercise 10: Network visualization Exercise 11: Visualizing using Matrix plots Exercise 12: Visualizing using Circos plots Exercise 13: Visualizing using Arc plots

You'll learn about ways to identify nodes that are important in a network. In doing so, you'll be introduced to more advanced concepts in network analysis as well as the basics of path-finding algorithms. The chapter concludes with a deep dive into the Twitter network dataset which will reinforce the concepts you've learned, such as degree centrality and betweenness centrality.

Exercise 1: Degree centrality Exercise 2: Compute number of neighbors for each node Exercise 3: Compute degree distribution Exercise 4: Degree centrality distribution Exercise 5: Graph algorithms Exercise 6: Shortest Path I Exercise 7: Shortest Path II Exercise 8: Shortest Path III Exercise 9: Betweenness centrality Exercise 10: NetworkX betweenness centrality on a social network Exercise 11: Deep dive - Twitter network Exercise 12: Deep dive - Twitter network part II

This chapter is all about finding interesting structures within network data. You'll learn about essential concepts such as cliques, communities, and subgraphs, which will leverage all of the skills you acquired in Chapter 2. By the end of this chapter, you'll be ready to apply the concepts you've learned to a real-world case study.

Exercise 1: Communities & cliques Exercise 2: Identifying triangle relationships Exercise 3: Finding nodes involved in triangles Exercise 4: Finding open triangles Exercise 5: Maximal cliques Exercise 6: Finding all maximal cliques of size "n"Exercise 7: Subgraphs Exercise 8: Subgraphs I Exercise 9: Subgraphs II

In this final chapter of the course, you'll consolidate everything you've learned through an in-depth case study of GitHub collaborator network data. This is a great example of real-world social network data, and your newly acquired skills will be fully tested. By the end of this chapter, you'll have developed your very own recommendation system to connect GitHub users who should collaborate together.

Exercise 1: Case study!Exercise 2: Characterizing the network (I)Exercise 3: Characterizing the network (II)Exercise 4: Characterizing the network (III)Exercise 5: Case study part II: Visualization Exercise 6: Matrix plot Exercise 7: Arc plot Exercise 8: Circos plot Exercise 9: Case study part III: Cliques Exercise 10: Finding cliques (I)Exercise 11: Finding cliques (II)Exercise 12: Case Study Part IV: Final Tasks Exercise 13: Finding important collaborators Exercise 14: Characterizing editing communities Exercise 15: Recommending co-editors who have yet to edit together Exercise 16: Final thoughts