Neo4j case study

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Miriam Antona

Software engineer

Neo4j - overview

• Leader in graph database technology
• 420+ employees
• Reveals and predicts how people, processes, and systems are interrelated

Neo4j graph platform

• Suite of applications and tools
  • Interact and use graph data

Neo4j graph platform - Graph database

• Store and connect the data

Neo4j graph platform - Graph data science library

• Used for executing graph algorithms:
  • Path finding
  • Centrality
  • Community detection
  • Similarity
  • Link prediction
  • Node embeddings
  • Node classification

Neo4j graph platform - Bloom

• View and analyze data without any programming knowledge

Neo4j graph platform - Cypher

• Powerful query language
• Inspired by SQL
• Save and get data from the graph database
• Multiple queries within the same transaction

CREATE (:User {name: 'Ann'})

Neo4j graph platform - Connectors and Integrations

• Facilitate the use of Neo4j in existing architectures
  • Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark
  • Neo4j Connector for Apache Kafka
  • Neo4j Connector for BI
  • Neo4j Labs Integrations

Neo4j graph platform - Developer tools

• Neo4j Desktop
  • Local Neo4j databases
• Neo4j Browser
  • Interact with the graphs using a browser
• Neo4j Sandbox
  • Learn about Neo4j, test personal ideas...

Neo4j graph platform - Aura

• Cloud Database Service
• Run in the cloud without managing the infrastructure

Neo4j - drivers

• Official drivers: C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, Spring...
• Community drivers: R, PHP, Ruby...

Neo4j - popular uses

• Analytics and artificial intelligence
• Fraud detection
• Real-time recommendations
• Knowledge graphs
• Life sciences
• Telecommunications
• ...

Neo4j - customers

 

Gousto - overview

• Recipe box company
• Delivers over a million meals each month
• 400+ staff

Gousto - problem and solution

• Problem: More choice implied difficulty to navigate

• Solution: Use Neo4j

  • Internal recommendation system with recipes
    • subscriber's previous interactions with the menu
    • information on upcoming recipes

Gousto - results

• 30% increase in the number of customers that select recommended recipes
• Better cost control

Gousto - results

• 30% increase in the number of customers that select recommended recipes
• Better cost control

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