Data Visualisation Programming Assignment 2:

  1. What is the data that you chose? Why? Answer: Dolphin Social Network. I choose this because it was a controlled sample set.

  2. Did you use a subset of the data? If so, what was it? Answer: No.

  3. Are there any particular aspects of your visualization to which you would like to bring attention? Answer:

  4. What do you think the data, and your visualization, shows? Answer: The network shows

library(igraph)
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## Attaching package: 'igraph'
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## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
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##     decompose, spectrum
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## The following object is masked from 'package:base':
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##     union
dolphins_network_data <- read.graph("dolphins/dolphins.gml",format=c("gml"))

Dolphin networking plot:

plot(dolphins_network_data, layout = layout.fruchterman.reingold,
       vertex.size = 10,
       vertex.color="red",
       vertex.frame.color= "white",
       vertex.label.color = "white",
       vertex.label.family = "sans",
       edge.width=1,  
       edge.color="black")