Network Science with Python and NetworkX Quick Start Guide

NetworkXisaleadingfreeandopensourcepackageusedfornetworksciencewiththePythonprogramminglanguage.NetworkXcantrackpropertiesofindividualsandrelationships,findcommunities,analyzeresilience,detectkeynetworklocations,andperformawiderangeofimportanttasks.Withtherecentreleaseofversion2,NetworkXhasbeenupdatedtobemorepowerfulandeasytouse.Ifyou’readatascientist,engineer,orcomputationalsocialscientist,thisbookwillguideyouinusingthePythonprogramminglanguagetogaininsightsintoreal-worldnetworks.Startingwiththefundamentals,you’llbeintroducedtothecoreconceptsofnetworkscience,alongwithexamplesthatusereal-worlddataandPythoncode.Thisbookwillintroduceyoutotheoreticalconceptssuchasscale-freeandsmall-worldnetworks,centralitymeasures,andagent-basedmodeling.You’llalsobeabletolookforscale-freenetworksinrealdataandvisualizeanetworkusingcircular,directed,andshelllayouts.Bytheendofthisbook,you’llbeabletochooseappropriatenetworkrepresentations,useNetworkXtobuildandcharacterizenetworks,anduncoverinsightswhileworkingwithreal-worldsystems.