multiNetX is a python package for the manipulation and visualization of multilayer networks. The core of this package is a MultilayerGraph, a class that inherits all the features of networkx.Graph(). multiNetX inheriths all features from NetworkX Features: Creating networks with weighted or unweighted links

Visualizing multiplex networks and dynamical processes on them

Analysing the spectral properties of adjacency or Laplacian matrices

All features of NetworkX

Benefits from Python: fast prototyping, easy to use, multi-platform Please download or clone the source code with the brief tutorial and examples from https://github.com/nkoub/multinetx Any feedback or contribution to the code is more than welcome! multiNetX is part of the deliverables of the LASAGNE project (multi-LAyer SpAtiotemporal Generalized NEtworks), EU/FP7-2012-STREP-318132 (http://complex.ffn.ub.es/~lasagne/) and is distributed under the GNU General Public License. ##Import standard libraries import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ##Import the package MultiNetX import multinetx as mx ##Create three Erd"os- R'enyi networks with N nodes for each layer N = 50 g1 = mx . erdos_renyi_graph(N, 0.07 ,seed = 218 ) g2 = mx . erdos_renyi_graph(N, 0.07 ,seed = 211 ) g3 = mx . erdos_renyi_graph(N, 0.07 ,seed = 208 ) ##Define the type of interconnection between the layers adj_block = mx . lil_matrix(np . zeros((N * 3 ,N * 3 ))) adj_block[ 0 : N, N: 2 * N] = np . identity(N) # L_12 adj_block[ 0 : N, 2 * N: 3 * N] = np . identity(N) # L_13 #adj_block[N:2*N,2*N:3*N] = np.identity(N) # L_23 adj_block += adj_block . T ##Create an instance of the MultilayerGraph class mg = mx . MultilayerGraph(list_of_layers = [g1,g2,g3], inter_adjacency_matrix = adj_block) mg . set_edges_weights(inter_layer_edges_weight = 4 ) mg . set_intra_edges_weights(layer = 0 ,weight = 1 ) mg . set_intra_edges_weights(layer = 1 ,weight = 2 ) mg . set_intra_edges_weights(layer = 2 ,weight = 3 ) ##Plot the adjacency matrix and the multiplex networks fig = plt . figure(figsize = ( 15 , 5 )) ax1 = fig . add_subplot( 121 ) ax1 . imshow(mx . adjacency_matrix(mg,weight = 'weight' ) . todense(), origin = 'upper' ,interpolation = 'nearest' ,cmap = plt . cm . jet_r) ax1 . set_title( 'supra adjacency matrix' ) ax2 = fig . add_subplot( 122 ) ax2 . axis( 'off' ) ax2 . set_title( 'regular interconnected network' ) pos = mx . get_position(mg, mx . fruchterman_reingold_layout(mg . get_layer( 0 )), layer_vertical_shift = 1.4 , layer_horizontal_shift = 0.0 , proj_angle = 7 ) mx . draw_networkx(mg,pos = pos,ax = ax2,node_size = 50 ,with_labels = False , edge_color = [mg[a][b][ 'weight' ] for a,b in mg . edges()], edge_cmap = plt . cm . jet_r) plt . show() More examples are available at https://github.com/nkoub/multinetx