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Unified functional network and nonlinear time series analysis for complex systems science: The pyunicorn package
We introduce the \texttt{pyunicorn} (Pythonic unified complex network and
recurrence analysis toolbox) open source software package for applying and
combining modern methods of data analysis and modeling from complex network
theory and nonlinear time series analysis. \texttt{pyunicorn} is a fully
object-oriented and easily parallelizable package written in the language
Python. It allows for the construction of functional networks such as climate
networks in climatology or functional brain networks in neuroscience
representing the structure of statistical interrelationships in large data sets
of time series and, subsequently, investigating this structure using advanced
methods of complex network theory such as measures and models for spatial
networks, networks of interacting networks, node-weighted statistics or network
surrogates. Additionally, \texttt{pyunicorn} provides insights into the
nonlinear dynamics of complex systems as recorded in uni- and multivariate time
series from a non-traditional perspective by means of recurrence quantification
analysis (RQA), recurrence networks, visibility graphs and construction of
surrogate time series. The range of possible applications of the library is
outlined, drawing on several examples mainly from the field of climatology.Comment: 28 pages, 17 figure
MuxViz: A Tool for Multilayer Analysis and Visualization of Networks
Multilayer relationships among entities and information about entities must
be accompanied by the means to analyze, visualize, and obtain insights from
such data. We present open-source software (muxViz) that contains a collection
of algorithms for the analysis of multilayer networks, which are an important
way to represent a large variety of complex systems throughout science and
engineering. We demonstrate the ability of muxViz to analyze and interactively
visualize multilayer data using empirical genetic, neuronal, and transportation
networks. Our software is available at https://github.com/manlius/muxViz.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures (text of the accepted manuscript
Complex concept lattices for simulating human prediction in sport
In order to address the study of complex systems, the detection of patterns in their dynamics
could play a key role in understanding their evolution. In particular, global patterns are required
to detect emergent concepts and trends, some of them of a qualitative nature. Formal concept analysis
(FCA) is a theory whose goal is to discover and extract knowledge from qualitative data (organized
in concept lattices). In complex environments, such as sport competitions, the large amount of information
currently available turns concept lattices into complex networks. The authors analyze how to
apply FCA reasoning in order to increase confidence in sports predictions by means of detecting regularities
from data through the management of intuitive and natural attributes extracted from publicly
available information. The complexity of concept lattices -considered as networks with complex topological
structure- is analyzed. It is applied to building a knowledge based system for confidence-based
reasoning, which simulates how humans tend to avoid the complexity of concept networks by means of
bounded reasoning skills.Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciĂłn TIN2009-09492Junta de AndalucĂa TIC-606
The network structure of visited locations according to geotagged social media photos
Businesses, tourism attractions, public transportation hubs and other points
of interest are not isolated but part of a collaborative system. Making such
collaborative network surface is not always an easy task. The existence of
data-rich environments can assist in the reconstruction of collaborative
networks. They shed light into how their members operate and reveal a potential
for value creation via collaborative approaches. Social media data are an
example of a means to accomplish this task. In this paper, we reconstruct a
network of tourist locations using fine-grained data from Flickr, an online
community for photo sharing. We have used a publicly available set of Flickr
data provided by Yahoo! Labs. To analyse the complex structure of tourism
systems, we have reconstructed a network of visited locations in Europe,
resulting in around 180,000 vertices and over 32 million edges. An analysis of
the resulting network properties reveals its complex structure.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
Network hierarchy evolution and system vulnerability in power grids
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Complex networks and data mining: toward a new perspective for the understanding of complex systems
Complex systems, i.e. systems composed of a large set of elements interacting in a
non-linear way, are constantly found all around us. In the last decades, different approaches
have been proposed toward their understanding, one of the most interesting
being the Complex Network perspective. This legacy of the 18th century mathematical
concepts proposed by Leonhard Euler is still current, and more and more relevant in
real-world problems. In recent years, it has been demonstrated that network-based representations
can yield relevant knowledge about complex systems. In spite of that, several
problems have been detected, mainly related to the degree of subjectivity involved
in the creation and evaluation of such network structures. In this Thesis, we propose addressing
these problems by means of different data mining techniques, thus obtaining a
novel hybrid approximation intermingling complex networks and data mining. Results
indicate that such techniques can be effectively used to i) enable the creation of novel network
representations, ii) reduce the dimensionality of analyzed systems by pre-selecting
the most important elements, iii) describe complex networks, and iv) assist in the analysis
of different network topologies. The soundness of such approach is validated through
different validation cases drawn from actual biomedical problems, e.g. the diagnosis of
cancer from tissue analysis, or the study of the dynamics of the brain under different
neurological disorders
CoryneCenter – An online resource for the integrated analysis of corynebacterial genome and transcriptome data
Neuweger H, Baumbach J, Albaum S, et al. CoryneCenter: an online resource for the integrated analysis of corynebacterial genome and transcriptome data. BMC Systems Biology. 2007;1(1): 55.Background: The introduction of high-throughput genome sequencing and post-genome analysis technologies, e.g. DNA microarray approaches, has created the potential to unravel and scrutinize complex gene-regulatory networks on a large scale. The discovery of transcriptional regulatory interactions has become a major topic in modern functional genomics. Results: To facilitate the analysis of gene-regulatory networks, we have developed CoryneCenter, a web-based resource for the systematic integration and analysis of genome, transcriptome, and gene regulatory information for prokaryotes, especially corynebacteria. For this purpose, we extended and combined the following systems into a common platform: (1) GenDB, an open source genome annotation system, (2) EMMA, a MAGE compliant application for high-throughput transcriptome data storage and analysis, and (3) CoryneRegNet, an ontology-based data warehouse designed to facilitate the reconstruction and analysis of gene regulatory interactions. We demonstrate the potential of CoryneCenter by means of an application example. Using microarray hybridization data, we compare the gene expression of Corynebacterium glutamicum under acetate and glucose feeding conditions: Known regulatory networks are confirmed, but moreover CoryneCenter points out additional regulatory interactions. Conclusion: CoryneCenter provides more than the sum of its parts. Its novel analysis and visualization features significantly simplify the process of obtaining new biological insights into complex regulatory systems. Although the platform currently focusses on corynebacteria, the integrated tools are by no means restricted to these species, and the presented approach offers a general strategy for the analysis and verification of gene regulatory networks. CoryneCenter provides freely accessible projects with the underlying genome annotation, gene expression, and gene regulation data. The system is publicly available at http://www.CoryneCenter.d
Shear induced ordering in systems with competing interactions: A machine learning study
When short-range attractions are combined with long-range repulsions in
colloidal particle systems, complex microphases can emerge. Here, we study a
system of isotropic particles which can form lamellar structures or a
disordered fluid phase when temperature is varied. We show that at equilibrium
the lamellar structure crystallizes, while out of equilibrium the system forms
a variety of structures at different shear rates and temperatures above
melting. The shear-induced ordering is analyzed by means of principal component
analysis and artificial neural networks, which are applied to data of reduced
dimensionality. Our results reveal the possibility of inducing ordering by
shear, potentially providing a feasible route to the fabrication of ordered
lamellar structures from isotropic particles.Comment: The following article has been accepted by the Journal of Chemical
Physics AIP. After it is published, it will be found at
https://aip.scitation.org/journal/jc
Self-Fluorescence of Photosynthetic System: A Powerful Tool for Investigation of Microalgal Biological Diversity
It is well-known that photosynthetic cells of various microalgae species display distinct fluorescent properties. The efficiency of self-fluorescence excitation and emission at different wavelengths depends on the structure of photosynthetic system and particularly on the structure of antenna complex of specific strains. The peculiar structure of blue-green algae light-harvesting complex allows to discriminate and classify known and new cells up to species/strain level by means of microscopic spectroscopy. In this chapter, a novel fluorescent spectroscopic technique for microalgae species discrimination will be presented. This method is based on a special data processing of a set of fluorescent spectra, obtained from a single photosynthetic cell of microalgae, particularly from cyanobacterial cells. According to the presented technique, single-cell self-fluorescence spectra are recorded by means of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), and data processing is conducted via linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and artificial neural networks (ANN)
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