Open AccessThe Network Analysis Profiler (NAP v2.0): a web tool for visual topological comparison between multiple networks
Author(s) -
Mikaela Koutrouli,
Theodoros Theodosiou,
Ioannis Iliopoulos,
Georgios A. Pavlopoulos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
embnet journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2226-6089
DOI - 10.14806/ej.26.0.943
Subject(s) - visualization , venn diagram , computer science , graph drawing , bipartite graph , nap , node (physics) , graph layout , graph , intersection (aeronautics) , theoretical computer science , topology (electrical circuits) , data mining , computer graphics (images) , mathematics , combinatorics , engineering , mathematics education , structural engineering , neuroscience , biology , aerospace engineering
In this article we present the Network Analysis Profiler (NAP v2.0), a web tool to directly compare the topological features of multiple networks simultaneously. NAP is written in R and Shiny and currently offers both 2D and 3D network visualisation, as well as simultaneous visual comparisons of node- and edge-based topological features as bar charts or scatterplot matrix. NAP is fully interactive, and users can easily export and visualise the intersection between any pair of networks using Venn diagrams or a 2D and a 3D multi-layer graph-based visualisation. NAP supports weighted, unweighted, directed, undirected and bipartite graphs.