https://github.com/misaghsoltani/network-visualization-in-r
Force Directed Networks and Chord Diagrams in R
https://github.com/misaghsoltani/network-visualization-in-r
chord-diagram force-directed-graphs htmltools interactive-visualizations networkd3 r visualization visualization-tools
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Force Directed Networks and Chord Diagrams in R
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/misaghsoltani/network-visualization-in-r
- Owner: misaghsoltani
- Created: 2024-11-10T04:48:58.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-10T05:12:32.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-25T22:45:02.895Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: chord-diagram, force-directed-graphs, htmltools, interactive-visualizations, networkd3, r, visualization, visualization-tools
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://misaghsoltani.github.io/Network-Visualization-in-R/
- Size: 507 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Network Visualization in R
This repository is a course project that implements interactive network visualizations of character interactions. The data used is an Excel workbook containing two worksheets. It generates two network visualizations: a Force Directed Network and a Chord Diagram. These visualizations illustrate dialogue interactions between the primary characters.
**See the live demo [here](https://misaghsoltani.github.io/Network-Visualization-in-R/).**
## Table of Contents
- [Network Visualization in R](#network-visualization-in-r)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Project Overview](#project-overview)
- [Files](#files)
- [How to Run](#how-to-run)
- [Live Demo](#live-demo)
- [Visualizations](#visualizations)
- [Screenshot](#screenshot)
- [R Packages](#r-packages)
## Project Overview
This project aims to visually represent relationships between characters using two visualizations:
1. **Force Directed Network** – Displays character interactions in a network graph.
2. **Chord Network** – Illustrates interaction intensity between characters. Stronger relationships are shown with thicker chords.
## Files
- **`main.R`**: The R script is used to generate the visualizations.
- **`interactions_data.xlsx`**: The input data file containing two sheets:
- **Primary Characters** – List of characters.
- **Conversational Lines** – Number of lines spoken between pairs of characters.
- **`index.html`**: The generated HTML file containing the visualizations.
## How to Run
1. **R**: Have R installed.
2. **R Libraries**: Install the following libraries in R:
```R
install.packages(c("readxl", "dplyr", "networkD3", "htmltools", "RColorBrewer"))
```
3. **Generate Visualizations**: Open `main.R` in RStudio or an R environment and run the script. It will first process the data in `interactions_data.xlsx` and then generate the HTML file `index.html` that contains the Force Directed Network and Chord Network visualizations.
4. **View Output**: Open `index.html` in a web browser to interact with the visualizations.
## Live Demo
You can find a live demo [here](https://misaghsoltani.github.io/Network-Visualization-in-R/).
## Visualizations
- **Force-Directed Network** displays character interactions as a network of nodes connected by links. Each node represents a character, while each link indicates the interaction frequency.
- **Chord Diagram** highlights interaction intensities. more frequent interactions have thicker chords between nodes.
### Screenshot
## R Packages
- `readxl`: For reading Excel data.
- `dplyr`: For data manipulation and transformation.
- `networkD3`: For generating D3 based network visualizations.
- `htmltools`: For formatting the HTML output for embedding in a web page.
- `RColorBrewer`: For generating color palettes.