Visual signaling is and always will be a most valuable means of transmitting information in peace and war, and it is not to be imagined that it will ever be supplanted in its particular function by the introduction of other methods.

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Chapter 4Introducing Gephi

When you explore an unfamiliar complex network for the first time, it often helps to perform a quick visual check of its structure before engaging in expensive code writing. Sometimes, you can semi-automate even the network construction itself (we are talking about small networks, with fewer than a couple dozen nodes).

You can perform many one-time construction, analysis, and conversion tasks with Gephi. Gephi is a free, Java-based, interactive CNA environment ...

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