Network visualization

Network Analysis in R

James Curley

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Network Analysis in R

Styling vertices and edges

Network Analysis in R

Choosing the appropriate layout

  • Minimize edge crossing

  • Do not allow vertices to overlap

  • Make edge lengths as uniform as possible

  • Increase symmetry of the network as much as possible

  • Position more influential nodes towards the center

Network Analysis in R

igraph layouts

plot(g, layout = layout.fruchterman.reingold(g))
Network Analysis in R

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Network Analysis in R

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