DynAmic Networks alignment based on Temporal Embeddings (DANTE)

DANTE is a software tool for the alignment of dynamic networks based on temporal embedding.

It was developed based on the method published on the journal paper titled "A Method Based on Temporal Embedding for the Pairwise Alignment of Dynamic Networks" (reference is reported below).

We tested DANTE on macOS Monterey (12.4), with CPU Intel.

This is an extension of our preliminary prototype (version 1).

Reference - Cite DANTE (version 2, or DANTEv2)

Cinaglia P, Cannataro M. A Method Based on Temporal Embedding for the Pairwise Alignment of Dynamic Networks. Entropy. 2023; 25(4):665. https://doi.org/10.3390/e25040665

Full-Text paper (Open-Access, Free PDF)

https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/4/665

Bibtex format:

@Article{dante2023,
    AUTHOR = {Cinaglia, Pietro and Cannataro, Mario},
    TITLE = {A Method Based on Temporal Embedding for the Pairwise Alignment of Dynamic Networks},
    JOURNAL = {Entropy},
    VOLUME = {25},
    YEAR = {2023},
    NUMBER = {4},
    ARTICLE-NUMBER = {665},
    URL = {https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/4/665},
    ISSN = {1099-4300},
    DOI = {10.3390/e25040665}
}

Requirements

DANTE needs Python >= 3.9, and the packages listed into 'requirements.txt'. The latter may be installed automatically by using Python Package Installer (pip):

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

or (alias: pip=pip3):

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the example

You may use the dataset included into this repository ('example'), for demonstration purposes only, as follows:

./DANTE example/dnet1/DN1 example/dnet2/DN2 example_alignment

This dataset consists of two dynamic networks (dnet1 and dnet2).

• dnet1: 10 nodes, 10 time points.
• dnet2: 20 nodes, 10 time points.

The command will execute DANTE to produce the alignment ('example_alignment').

Summary:

• 'example/dnet1': dnet1 (format in DANTE);
• 'example/dnet2': dnet2 (format in DANTE);
• 'example/dnet1.dy': dnet1 (format in DynaMAGNA++);
• 'example/dnet2.dy': dnet2 (format in DynaMAGNA++);
• 'example/results/DANTE': alignment (dnet1 on dnet2) produced by DANTE;
• 'example/results/DynaMAGNA++': alignment (dnet1 on dnet2) produced by DynaMAGNA++.

Help

DANTE may be used as shell-command, or through its own Command Line Interface (CLI).

Arguments (arg):

1. Path of Dynamic Network_1 (G) *
2. Path of Dynamic Network_2 (H) *
3. Output's filename [Default: output]
4. (only CLI) Delimiter for data parsing [Default: space]

Run as shell-command:

./DANTE arg1 arg2 arg3

Run the CLI:

./DANTE

*Escaping spaces with backslash, in according to Linux/Unix Shell. For instance, /user1/my samples\s1 becomes /user1/my\ samples\s1

Data is structured as edge list, one for each time point. To give an example, dnet1 consisting of 10 time points will have the following files inside a directory of the same name: DN11, DN12, DN13, DN1..., DN110.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2023

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