NicheWorks: Exploring Large Networks
|
NicheWorks is a tool I created for exploring large graphs where
there are many variables on both nodes and links. I wanted a
way of exploring the statistical properties of the node and
link data in the context of the graph structure. The tool would
have to work for the typically large graphs that are common in
real-world applications.
NicheWorks has been applied to many domains; telephoney, software analysis, email patterns, information retrieval, web site analysis, medical data and market basket analysis are some. Originally a stand-alone tool, it is now part of the EDV environment. The main features of NicheWorks are:
|
The Chicago Tribune
website
is an example of a commercial website
that is reasonably large, contains both information, links to
external areas, database queries and advertising material. This
exploration looks at the site from the viewpoint of someone who
wants to understand how they built it.
|
A set of 10 million receipts from a large DIY store
were processed so as to link together items that often appear
on the same receipt. The resultant network of 40K nodes and many links
has several important variables associated with the nodes; price,
discount, volume, department...
|
NicheWorks: Interactive Visualization
of Very Large Graphs
The manual page for the stand-alone version
NicheWorks Manual,
Lucent internal document
Some general papers explaining some of the principles behind NicheWorks:
524,288 Ways to say "This is Interesting"
High Interaction Graphics
Information on EDV and the Lucent company selling NicheWorks/EDV:
EDV page
Visual Insights