Data Science Essentials in Python

Unit 39

Network Analysis Sequence

Now that you’re armed with proper definitions and formulas, let’s have a look at the big picture of network data analysis.

A typical network analysis sequence consists of the following steps:

1. It starts with identifying discrete entities and the relations between them. The entities become the network nodes, and the relations become edges. If the relations are binary (present vs. absent), they directly define the network edges. If the relations are continuous or discrete, but not binary, you can either treat them as weighted edges or convert them into unweighted edges, but only if the value of the relation is at or above a threshold. The latter transformation is called sampling. The sampling threshold is chosen ...