community API

This package implements community detection.

Package name is community but refer to python-louvain on pypi

community.best_partition(graph, partition=None, weight='weight', resolution=1.0, randomize=None, random_state=None)

Compute the partition of the graph nodes which maximises the modularity (or try..) using the Louvain heuristices

This is the partition of highest modularity, i.e. the highest partition of the dendrogram generated by the Louvain algorithm.

Parameters:
graph : networkx.Graph

the networkx graph which is decomposed

partition : dict, optional

the algorithm will start using this partition of the nodes. It’s a dictionary where keys are their nodes and values the communities

weight : str, optional

the key in graph to use as weight. Default to ‘weight’

resolution : double, optional

Will change the size of the communities, default to 1. represents the time described in “Laplacian Dynamics and Multiscale Modular Structure in Networks”, R. Lambiotte, J.-C. Delvenne, M. Barahona

randomize : boolean, optional

Will randomize the node evaluation order and the community evaluation order to get different partitions at each call

random_state : int, RandomState instance or None, optional (default=None)

If int, random_state is the seed used by the random number generator; If RandomState instance, random_state is the random number generator; If None, the random number generator is the RandomState instance used by np.random.

Returns:
partition : dictionnary

The partition, with communities numbered from 0 to number of communities

Raises:
NetworkXError

If the graph is not undirected.

See also

generate_dendrogram
to obtain all the decompositions levels

Notes

Uses Louvain algorithm

References

large networks. J. Stat. Mech 10008, 1-12(2008).

Examples

>>> # basic usage
>>> import community as community_louvain
>>> import networkx as nx
>>> G = nx.erdos_renyi_graph(100, 0.01)
>>> partion = community_louvain.best_partition(G)
>>> # display a graph with its communities:
>>> # as Erdos-Renyi graphs don't have true community structure,
>>> # instead load the karate club graph
>>> import community as community_louvain
>>> import matplotlib.cm as cm
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> import networkx as nx
>>> G = nx.karate_club_graph()
>>> # compute the best partition
>>> partition = community_louvain.best_partition(G)
>>> # draw the graph
>>> pos = nx.spring_layout(G)
>>> # color the nodes according to their partition
>>> cmap = cm.get_cmap('viridis', max(partition.values()) + 1)
>>> nx.draw_networkx_nodes(G, pos, partition.keys(), node_size=40,
>>>                        cmap=cmap, node_color=list(partition.values()))
>>> nx.draw_networkx_edges(G, pos, alpha=0.5)
>>> plt.show()
community.generate_dendrogram(graph, part_init=None, weight='weight', resolution=1.0, randomize=None, random_state=None)

Find communities in the graph and return the associated dendrogram

A dendrogram is a tree and each level is a partition of the graph nodes. Level 0 is the first partition, which contains the smallest communities, and the best is len(dendrogram) - 1. The higher the level is, the bigger are the communities

Parameters:
graph : networkx.Graph

the networkx graph which will be decomposed

part_init : dict, optional

the algorithm will start using this partition of the nodes. It’s a dictionary where keys are their nodes and values the communities

weight : str, optional

the key in graph to use as weight. Default to ‘weight’

resolution : double, optional

Will change the size of the communities, default to 1. represents the time described in “Laplacian Dynamics and Multiscale Modular Structure in Networks”, R. Lambiotte, J.-C. Delvenne, M. Barahona

Returns:
dendrogram : list of dictionaries

a list of partitions, ie dictionnaries where keys of the i+1 are the values of the i. and where keys of the first are the nodes of graph

Raises:
TypeError

If the graph is not a networkx.Graph

See also

best_partition

Notes

Uses Louvain algorithm

References

networks. J. Stat. Mech 10008, 1-12(2008).

Examples

>>> G=nx.erdos_renyi_graph(100, 0.01)
>>> dendo = generate_dendrogram(G)
>>> for level in range(len(dendo) - 1) :
>>>     print("partition at level", level,
>>>           "is", partition_at_level(dendo, level))
:param weight:
:type weight:
community.induced_graph(partition, graph, weight='weight')

Produce the graph where nodes are the communities

there is a link of weight w between communities if the sum of the weights of the links between their elements is w

Parameters:
partition : dict

a dictionary where keys are graph nodes and values the part the node belongs to

graph : networkx.Graph

the initial graph

weight : str, optional

the key in graph to use as weight. Default to ‘weight’

Returns:
g : networkx.Graph

a networkx graph where nodes are the parts

Examples

>>> n = 5
>>> g = nx.complete_graph(2*n)
>>> part = dict([])
>>> for node in g.nodes() :
>>>     part[node] = node % 2
>>> ind = induced_graph(part, g)
>>> goal = nx.Graph()
>>> goal.add_weighted_edges_from([(0,1,n*n),(0,0,n*(n-1)/2), (1, 1, n*(n-1)/2)])  # NOQA
>>> nx.is_isomorphic(ind, goal)
True
community.load_binary(data)

Load binary graph as used by the cpp implementation of this algorithm

community.modularity(partition, graph, weight='weight')

Compute the modularity of a partition of a graph

Parameters:
partition : dict

the partition of the nodes, i.e a dictionary where keys are their nodes and values the communities

graph : networkx.Graph

the networkx graph which is decomposed

weight : str, optional

the key in graph to use as weight. Default to ‘weight’

Returns:
modularity : float

The modularity

Raises:
KeyError

If the partition is not a partition of all graph nodes

ValueError

If the graph has no link

TypeError

If graph is not a networkx.Graph

References

structure in networks. Physical Review E 69, 26113(2004).

Examples

>>> import community as community_louvain
>>> import networkx as nx
>>> G = nx.erdos_renyi_graph(100, 0.01)
>>> partition = community_louvain.best_partition(G)
>>> modularity(partition, G)
community.partition_at_level(dendrogram, level)

Return the partition of the nodes at the given level

A dendrogram is a tree and each level is a partition of the graph nodes. Level 0 is the first partition, which contains the smallest communities, and the best is len(dendrogram) - 1. The higher the level is, the bigger are the communities

Parameters:
dendrogram : list of dict

a list of partitions, ie dictionnaries where keys of the i+1 are the values of the i.

level : int

the level which belongs to [0..len(dendrogram)-1]

Returns:
partition : dictionnary

A dictionary where keys are the nodes and the values are the set it belongs to

Raises:
KeyError

If the dendrogram is not well formed or the level is too high

See also

best_partition
which directly combines partition_at_level and
generate_dendrogram
to obtain the partition of highest modularity

Examples

>>> G=nx.erdos_renyi_graph(100, 0.01)
>>> dendrogram = generate_dendrogram(G)
>>> for level in range(len(dendrogram) - 1) :
>>>     print("partition at level", level, "is", partition_at_level(dendrogram, level))  # NOQA

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