1 Graphs and network science: An introduction

 

This chapter covers

  • Introducing graph model and visualizations
  • Understanding data through relationships
  • Spotting graph-shaped problems

If you have ever done any analysis, you have probably used a table representation of data like an Excel spreadsheet or SQL database. Additionally, if you are dealing with large amounts of documents, you might have used parquet format or JSON-like objects to represent the data.

Figure 1.1. Table and document representation of data
CH01 F01 table

1.1 Understanding data through relationships

1.2 How to spot a graph-shaped problem

1.2.1 Self-referencing relationships

1.2.2 Pathfinding networks

1.2.3 Bipartite graphs

1.2.4 Complex networks

1.3 Summary

1.4 References

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