The Network Analysis Profiler (NAP v2.0): a web tool for visual topological comparison between multiple networks

Authors

  • Mikaela Koutrouli Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, BSRC “Alexander, Fleming", 34 Fleming Street, 16672 Vari
  • Theodosios Theodosiou University of Crete, School of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Heraklion 71003, Crete
  • Ioannis Iliopoulos University of Crete, School of Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Heraklion 71003, Crete
  • Georgios A. Pavlopoulos Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, BSRC “Alexander, Fleming", 34 Fleming Street, 16672 Vari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-8276

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14806/ej.26.1.943

Keywords:

Topological comparison, network analysis, network visualization, multi-layer graphs

Abstract

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.

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Published

2021-05-13

Issue

Vol. 26: Special issue to Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling in Bioinformatics

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Technical Notes

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