Network Analysis
Network analysis is the application of rigorous algorithms and mathematical techniques to clean, dissect, and analyze networks. Unlike link analysis, which involves visually identifying patterns of interest, network analysis can be applied to networks with thousands of nodes and links - far more than can be handled by the human visual system.
Networks can represent a wide variety of problems from social networks of individuals and organizations, value networks, communication networks, logistics networks, and more. Network analysis can be used to identify critical nodes and regions within networks, which in turn can be used as leverage in the problem domain.
Unique Approach
Blue Spider Analytics, Inc provides network analysis software and services. Our product, Blue Spider™ provides a domain independent suite of network analysis tools. Social, financial, communication, and logistical networks are just some of the types of networks which can be imported and analyzed individually or together.
Blue Spider™ is unique in its approach. Each piece of functionality is encapsulated as an element. The user drags and drops elements onto a workspace and connects them together. In doing so, they create an analytical workflow. Workflows can be executed with a single click and can be distributed to others users.
Elements are the building blocks of workflows and include the following:
- Graph algorithms (centrality, k-cores, clustering, layouts, etc)
- Matrix mathematics
- Statistics
- Data manipulation (change data format, clean text, disambiguate, search, etc)
- Read/write files (multiple formats)
- Database queries
- Web service integration points
- Network visualization
- Data visualization (charts, grid views)