https://github.com/zain-bin-arshad/social-network-simulator
Social Network Simulator developed in python.
https://github.com/zain-bin-arshad/social-network-simulator
data-structures linked-list network-simulator node python python3 social-network-graph social-network-like-facebook
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Social Network Simulator developed in python.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/zain-bin-arshad/social-network-simulator
- Owner: Zain-Bin-Arshad
- Created: 2020-05-30T16:54:07.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-05-31T09:27:47.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-28T13:32:14.731Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: data-structures, linked-list, network-simulator, node, python, python3, social-network-graph, social-network-like-facebook
- Language: Python
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- Size: 19.5 KB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Social-Network-Simulator
A man once said:
> If you want to learn a new language start with simple syntax ans then implement Data Structures in that language
Well, that's what I was doing when I dived into python. I started implementing `list, linked list, graph` etc. I wanted to develop a project that will use all these concepts, so that I can develop better understanding of these concepts. Ever thought how Facebook, Linked-in, Instagram worked? Well, I have and that's what I wanted to develop.
This project simulates a "Social Network", where you can:
- Make friends
- Follow and un-follow people
- Create, like and delete posts
## How to run?
You have to run "SocialSim.py". No additional packages are required, this project only uses features that are present standard python distribution.
As you can see there are two modesin which you can use this program, details are as follow:
### Interactive mode
In this mode, user can interact with the program and will have to provide input at each step as he/she wants, this is how a interactive mode looks like:
#### Load Network
Using this function you can create a network, there are further two more options:
#### Load new network
If you want to load a new network from a network file you should use this option. Sample run of loading from text file:
As you can see the network is loaded when we print the network it prints as expected. Remember **Format of the network input should be exactly same as the network.txt file that is provided**.
#### Load saved network
If you have created a network and made some changes, saved the network using **Save network**. You can load the graph from the saved pickle file.
#### Set Probabilities
It is probability in percentage(%), that how much likely a person will follow another person, or much likely a person will like the post. If you think this application as a "Disease spread simulation", this parameter will mean that how much is likely for a healthy person get affected by the disease.
#### Node Operations
As the graph is a linked-list of a linked-lists, so, A node is representing a person in the network. If you want to:
**Sign-up in the network**
**Get removed from the network**
**Find a friend in network**
#### Edge Operations
Edge represent a connection between various persons in the network. If you want to:
**Add a friend**
We will make "Rex" a friend of "Imran khan".
**Remove a friend**
We will remove "Rex" as a friend of "Imran khan".
### New Post
Its just like making a new post and publishing it. Now, how many will like this post and how many will follow the person in return, depends on the **Probabilities** we set earlier (remember ???)
#### Display Network
Should I tell what this option will do ?
#### Display Statistics
This option will display various stats like:
- Number of posts made by a person
- Post ordered by their popularity
- Number of likes, friends, friends of etc
#### Update
As we are in simulation mode, we have to update the network manually. What does this **update** means? You have created a post, now people will start liking the post as you update the network. In other terms, it is a mean of progressing through time.
#### Save Network
You have made changes to your network and wants to save the network for future use, don't worry I got you covered. Use this option to save the network as a pickle file.
#### Exit
Done spending hours and hours on my network and now wants to go to sleep ? Use this option to exit.
### Simulation mode
You don't have time to manually create posts, follow, unfollow people and want to automate things. Use **events.txt** to save all the events and run a simulation on them.
Events file can have events of adding a friend, removing a friend, posting, liking etc. See the events.txt for more information. Remember **Your events file should be in same format as the given events.txt**
Once you have run the simulation a **Simulation_Log.txt** file will appear that will contains various stats and other logs
