Interactive network visualizations

Network Analysis in R

James Curley

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

R network visualization packages

igraph
statnet
ggnet
ggnetwork
ggraph

visNetwork
networkD3
sigma
rgexf (igraph to Gephi)

threejs

threejs

Creating a threejs visualization

library(threejs)
graphjs(g)

Adding attributes

g <- set_vertex_attr(
  g, 
  "label", 
  value = V(g)$name
  )

g <- set_vertex_attr(
  g, 
  "color", 
  value = "mistyrose"
  )

graphjs(g, vertex.size = 1)

Coloring communities

x = edge.betweenness.community(g)
i <-  membership(x)

g <- set_vertex_attr(
  g, 
  "color", 
  value = c(
    "yellow", "blue", "red"
    )[i]
  )

graphjs(g)

Let's practice!

Network Analysis in R