MuxViz: A Tool for Multilayer Analysis and Visualization of Networks

TL;DR

MuxViz is an open-source tool designed for analyzing and visualizing multilayer networks, enabling insights into complex systems across various scientific domains.

Contribution

It introduces a collection of algorithms for multilayer network analysis and provides interactive visualization capabilities, filling a gap in existing tools.

Findings

Successfully analyzed genetic, neuronal, and transportation networks

Demonstrated interactive visualization of multilayer data

Enhanced understanding of complex systems through multilayer analysis

Abstract

Multilayer relationships among entities and information about entities must be accompanied by the means to analyze, visualize, and obtain insights from such data. We present open-source software (muxViz) that contains a collection of algorithms for the analysis of multilayer networks, which are an important way to represent a large variety of complex systems throughout science and engineering. We demonstrate the ability of muxViz to analyze and interactively visualize multilayer data using empirical genetic, neuronal, and transportation networks. Our software is available at https://github.com/manlius/muxViz.