Questions about handling graphs in Mathematica, graph theory, graph visualization, GraphPlot, the built-in Graph type and the Combinatorica` package.

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Counting the size of the minimum cut produced by MinCut of GraphUtilities`

I want to use the MinCut function of the GraphUtilities` package to find minimum cuts for a few graphs. I'm completely new to ...
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When do I use Mathematica, when do I use Gephi, and how do I use them together?

Mathematica has great operations for analyzing graphs but when the graphs are a bit bigger, Gephi seems to be more efficient (at least on my computer) at drawing and analyzing, i.e. visualizing the ...
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Graph adjacency matrix with unconnected nodes

I am trying to display a series of 9x9 adjacency matrices which represent directed graphs on a 3x3 grid. The issue I am running up against is this (compounded by that fact that I don't really know how ...
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Is there a way to convert an image into a Graph?

I'm trying to convert an image with several overlapping dots into a Graph. The goal is to be able to derive the Kirchhoff matrix for the randomly created "network ...
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Is it possible to use PropertyValue to modify properties of Graph objects in a list?

This post can be seen as a follow up to Property assignment on a graph vertex using PropertyValue does not work inside a function. I have defined a function: ...
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How to predict some constant number of values with NeuralNetworks

Example: << NeuralNetworks` data = {Sin[#]} & /@ Range[0, 4 Pi, 0.5]; learn = data[[1 ;; 15]]; Now, lets fit our neural network: ...
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Creating a graph with variable size of vertices and variable thickness of edges

I'm trying to create a graph to represent transitions between different states of a system. I would like to represent the time the systems spent in a state with the size of the vertex and the ...
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Graph vs GraphPlot

What is the difference (in purpose) between Graph and GraphPlot? Which function is bested suited to which tasks? Background: I ...
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Controlling TreePlot (and GraphPlot) layout issue

A continuing battle with Mathematica involves graphics heavy with text labels. For example, the following expression renders so that the "Lifecycle properties..." ...
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How do I reorder vertices in a graph?

I have a directed acyclic graph $g$, and I'd like to re-order the vertices in this graph object such that when I call VertexList[myGraph] the vertices appear in ...
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Issue with PathGraph

I am having a strange issue with PathGraph. Executing PathGraph[{a, b, c}] or ...
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How to compute the genus of a Graph?

What's the simplest way to compute the genus of a graph using Mathematica? I have looked for a Genus function (even in the ...
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Vertices, their labels, and how to refer to them?

In the examples I have seen, graph vertices in Mathematica are usually explicit small integers. However, Wolfram documentation says that vertices can be any arbitrary expression (eg., george, x^2, ...
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How can I replace bi-directional DirectedEdge pairs in a Graph with a single UndirectedEdge?

The Cayley graphs produced by Mathematica 8.0's CayleyGraph function represent actions that are their own inverses in an unconventional way: rather than using a ...
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Select a directed SubGraph without sinks and sources

Consider the following problem: Assume you have a large list of directed edges, that constitute a large graph. I would like to provide an initial subset of vertices and I need to know which additional ...
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Ulam's Spiral with Opperman's diagonals (quarter-squares)

First we craft a function to return the quadrant boundary based on Oppermann's Conjecture a[n_] := (Mod[n, 2] + n^2 + 2 n)/4 Then we create a few lists ...
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Rendering polygon as graph with directed edges in Mathematica

In Mathematica I'm trying to render a polygon as a set of vertices and directed edges. What I have so far: ...
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How do I convert this Nicomachus's Triangle to one with edges?

I want to put edges on this Nicomachus's Triangle r = 7; t = Table[2^(n - k) 3^k, {n, 0, r}, {k, 0, n}]; ColumnForm[t, Center] Is there an easy way to do this? ...
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Using Gather to rearrange my data

I have a list of elements: {{1, 2}, {1, 5}, {2, 6}, {3, 7}, {4, 8}, {5, 6}, {5, 9}, {9, 13}, {10,11}, {11, 12}, {11, 15}, {15, 16}} I have to divide it into ...
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Efficient setting of properties of multiple vertices in Graph

The functions SetProperty and PropertyValue can only set a single property of a single vertex, as far as I know. How do I set a ...
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Property assignment on a graph vertex using PropertyValue does not work inside a function

I created this function: AddStone[board_Graph, v_, s : white | black | empty] := PropertyValue[{board, v}, VertexState] = s This function should change the ...
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Determining all possible traversals of a tree

I have a list: B={423, {{53, {39, 65, 423}}, {66, {67, 81, 423}}, {424, {25, 40, 423}}}}; This list can be visualized as a tree using ...
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HighlightGraph with different styles

I want to highlight two different directed paths on a graph with two different style. I am using the following two code snippets: ...
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Removing edge weights from a Graph

How can I remove EdgeWeights from a Graph without affecting any other properties of the graph? Let's construct a graph with ...
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Random Geometric Graphs

I'm trying to implement an application which uses random geometric graphs in Mathematica, but it seems Mathematica lacks the functionality. I need the following functionalities: Generate a set of ...
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Graph layout on a grid

Is it possible for Mathematica to layout a graph so that the connections lie on a grid? Furthermore, for graphs with multiple edges per vertex, is it possible to specify the location on the vertex ...
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How can I use Mathematica's graph functions to cheat at Boggle?

This question is inspired by a Stack Overflow question that I decided to solve using Mathematica. In addition to Mathematica, I thought I'd use some of the new version's graph-related functionality, ...
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Is it possible to generate a Hasse Diagram for a defined relation?

I'm looking for a way to create a Hasse Diagram from a given partial order binary relation. The relation will be given explicitly, for example: ...
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How to visualize large graphs with directed edge bundling

I'm wondering if anyone has implemented edge bundled graph plotting? http://www.win.tue.nl/~dholten/papers/forcebundles_eurovis.pdf
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How to draw a directed graph with arrows showing vertically from bottom to top

If I have a directed graph, how can I draw it with arrows pointing vertically from bottom to top, like showing a class inheritance pattern in OOP(object oriented programming)?
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Visualize the output of Trace in a tree structure

The output of Trace[expr] can be nicely represented as a tree, I guess. Here is an example trace. ...
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When to use built-in Graph/GraphPlot vs. Combinatorica

What are the pros and cons of using built-in Graph/GraphPlot (and related) types vs. types in the Combinatorica package?
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Combinatorica Graph from Edge List

Can someone provide an example of a Combinatorica-based graph which uses ShowGraph and Graph and takes in an explicitly defined list of edges (not some auto-generated graph). I have not been able to ...
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How do I get VertexList to work directly on older graphs defined using rules?

In MMA 8, it seems that sometimes VertexList will work with rule-based graphs without needing GraphUtilities and at other times it won't. Once it starts working, it ...
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Drawing Graph Products

I need to draw graphs that are Cartesian products of 2 graphs. I need them to look like this: . So each copy of the factors can have LinearEmbedding, but the whole ...
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Need tips on improving this directed graph

First we define a function that returns the least odd prime factor. lopf[n_] := FactorInteger[n][[2, 1]] Then we craft a routine that performs the 3x+1 steps ...
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Comfortable Edge Labeling of Undirected Graph

I'm working on a program that finds special [called "interval"] edge-colorings for graphs. Output is as follows: ...
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How to find all vertices reachable from a start vertex following directed edges?

How to find all vertices reachable from a given start vertex following directed edges, in a cyclic directed graph given as ...
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Visualizing the output of a Voronoi diagram computation

I need to plot a graph (to be specific: Fortune Algorithm output) with given vertex coordinates and a few unconnected vertices. I am thinking of using Mathematica for that. ...
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Figuring out how AbsoluteOptions works with Graphs

I am puzzled by how AbsoluteOptions works with Graph objects. I would have expected that one could use it to obtain all the ...
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How to recompute the layout of a Graph?

I asked a question about changing Graph properties in a similar way to how Show can change ...
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Graph does not accept Property Options

My question is concerned with the Graph functionality, which was newly implemented in Mathematica 8. I already used GraphPlot ...
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How to get graph layout that reflects edge weights?

My heart soared to discover that Mathematica 8 offers support for specifying a weighted adjacency matrix in WeightedAdjacencyGraph. But it seems that, regardless of the weights between edges, the ...
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Coloring edges in GraphPlot

I'm a little stuck with graph drawing part of my research — I can't use the Graph function for plotting my graphs, because my graph is a multi-graph. ...
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Graph relationships between functions and variables [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Has anyone written any function to automatically build a dependency graph of an arbitrary Mathematica function? I need to make sense out of a huge notebook (17Kloc) ...
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How to display edge labels above edges?

The following code shows that edge labels "cover" edges in GraphPlot3D ...
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How to divide a graph into connected components?

Suppose I have some edges: edges = {1 -> 2, 2 -> 3, 3 -> 1, 4 -> 5, 3 -> 6, 7 -> 8, 8 -> 9, 8 -> 10}; And I make a graph: ...
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How to extract edgeweights from a graph

I have a graph with weighted edges, and I'd like to obtain the edge weights of the edges in the graph. Is there a nicer way of doing this than getting the ...
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Is it possible to manipulate graphs by hand? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Generating graphs interactively (GUI) If I plot a graph, is it possible for me to manipulate the vertices such that when I move them, their attached edges will follow. ...