Overview

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

Who uses NDlib?

The potential audience for NDlib includes mathematicians, physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and social scientists.

Goals

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.

The Python NDlib library

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.

Free software

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.

EU H2020

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.