graphology

What is graphology?

Graphology is a robust and versatile JavaScript library for creating, manipulating, and analyzing graphs. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for working with both directed and undirected graphs, and supports various graph algorithms and data structures.

What are graphology's main functionalities?

Graph Creation

This feature allows you to create a new graph, add nodes, and add edges between nodes. The code sample demonstrates creating a graph, adding two nodes ('John' and 'Jane'), and adding an edge between them.

const Graph = require('graphology');
const graph = new Graph();
graph.addNode('John');
graph.addNode('Jane');
graph.addEdge('John', 'Jane');
console.log(graph.nodes()); // ['John', 'Jane']
console.log(graph.edges()); // [{ source: 'John', target: 'Jane' }]

Graph Algorithms

Graphology supports various graph algorithms, such as Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. The code sample demonstrates creating a graph with weighted edges and finding the shortest path from node 'A' to node 'C'.

const Graph = require('graphology');
const { dijkstra } = require('graphology-shortest-path');
const graph = new Graph();
graph.addNode('A');
graph.addNode('B');
graph.addNode('C');
graph.addEdge('A', 'B', { weight: 1 });
graph.addEdge('B', 'C', { weight: 2 });
graph.addEdge('A', 'C', { weight: 4 });
const path = dijkstra(graph, 'A', 'C');
console.log(path); // ['A', 'B', 'C']

Graph Analysis

Graphology provides tools for analyzing graphs, such as calculating centrality metrics. The code sample demonstrates creating a graph and calculating the degree centrality of each node.

const Graph = require('graphology');
const { degreeCentrality } = require('graphology-metrics/centrality');
const graph = new Graph();
graph.addNode('A');
graph.addNode('B');
graph.addNode('C');
graph.addEdge('A', 'B');
graph.addEdge('B', 'C');
graph.addEdge('A', 'C');
const centrality = degreeCentrality(graph);
console.log(centrality); // { A: 2, B: 2, C: 2 }

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README

Graphology

graphology is a specification for a robust & multipurpose JavaScript Graph object and aiming at supporting various kinds of graphs under a same unified interface.

You will also find here the source for the reference implementation of this specification.

Documentation

Full documentation for the library/specs is available here.