Common network use cases
As I did in Chapter 1, Introducing Natural Language Processing, I will now also explain some of my own favorite use cases for working with network data. I mentioned at the beginning of the chapter that there are many different kinds of networks, but I personally prefer working with social networks and what I call dataflow networks.
Here are some of the uses I have for working with network data:
- Mapping production dataflows
- Mapping community interactions
- Mapping literary social networks
- Mapping historical social networks
- Mapping language
- Mapping dark networks
I will start with dataflow networks, as that was the first use case I realized for network data and something that revolutionized how I work.
Mapping production dataflow
As mentioned, this was the first idea that I had for my own use of network data. I have worked in software for over 20 years, and I have spent a significant amount of time “dissecting&...
