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Overview
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``NDlib`` is a Python language software package for the describing, simulate, and study diffusion processes on complex networks.

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Who uses NDlib?
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The potential audience for ``NDlib`` includes mathematicians, physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and social scientists. 

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Goals
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``NDlib`` is built upon the NetworkX_ python library and is intended to provide:

- tools for the study diffusion dynamics on social, biological, and infrastructure networks,
- a standard programming interface and diffusion models implementation that is suitable for many applications,
- a rapid development environment for collaborative, multidisciplinary, projects.

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The Python NDlib library
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``NDlib`` is a powerful Python package that allows simple and flexible simulations of networks diffusion processes.

Most importantly, ``NDlib``, as well as the Python programming language, is free, well-supported, and a joy to use.

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Free software
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``NDlib`` is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the BSD License.
We welcome contributions from the community.

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EU H2020
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``NDlib`` is a result of two European H2020 projects:

- CIMPLEX_ “Bringing CItizens, Models and Data together in Participatory, Interactive SociaL EXploratories”: under the funding scheme “FETPROACT-1-2014: Global Systems Science (GSS)”, grant agreement #641191.
- SoBigData_ “Social Mining & Big Data Ecosystem”: under the scheme “INFRAIA-1-2014-2015: Research Infrastructures”, grant agreement #654024.

.. _NetworkX: https://networkx.github.io
.. _CIMPLEX: https://www.cimplex-project.eu
.. _SoBigData: http://www.sobigdata.eu