What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with Gephi, will take you through the process of installing Gephi on various platforms. It also gives you an overview of Gephi's GUI and basic understanding of various modes available in it.

Chapter 2, Basic Graph Manipulations, teaches you to perform basic graph manipulations such as adding and deleting nodes, editing node attributes, and applying filters on networks by exploiting the user friendly interface of Gephi.

Chapter 3, Using Graph Layout Algorithms, explores the basic default layout algorithms available in Gephi from both a conceptual as well as an implementation perspective.

Chapter 4, Working with Partition and Ranking Algorithms, will take you through the processes of the ranking and partitioning of graphs based on user-defined metrics and modifying the graph visualization based on various parameters.

Chapter 5, Running Metrics, Filters, and Timelines, will enable you to learn about the statistical properties of graphical networks and how they can exploit these properties with the help of Gephi.

Chapter 6, Working in the Data Laboratory Mode, thoroughly describes the Data Laboratory mode in Gephi, and explores a number of tasks that can be accomplished with the help of this mode.

Chapter 7, Getting Graphs and Networks Ready for Preview, covers the in-built rendering settings of Gephi and the process of exporting the final graph to multiple formats.

Chapter 8, Exploring Dynamic and Multilevel Graphs, focuses on two special kinds of graphs, dynamic graphs and multilevel graphs, and describes their working in detail.

Chapter 9, Getting Real-world Graph Datasets, explores various networks in Gephi. Also, it describes the art of fetching data from a number of different sources.

Chapter 10, Exploring Some Useful Gephi Plugins, describes a number of plugins that are extensively used by researchers and developers while working with Gephi.