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Graph Network Visualization

Graph Network Visualization

Learn about different graph visualization techniques.

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Plotting graphs

Visualization is critical if we want to understand the graph's structure better. There are many ways to plot a graph. NetworkX offers a simple method for visualization, which is given by nx.draw(). Let's take a look at some intuitive graph representation techniques.

nx.draw()

Python 3.10.4
import networkx as nx
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
G = nx.complete_graph(5)
nx.draw(G)

Any graph can be plotted using the nx.draw() method. It uses the matplotlib engine to make the visualization. Hence, we can control the image size and other parameters using matplotlib methods.

Layouts

Since NetworkX offers some predefined layouts—like those below—we can position the nodes and edges at will because the ...