DynamicMetaNetwork

class DynamicMetaNetwork.DynamicMetaNetwork(network_format='dict')

The DynamicMetaNetwork class is a container for dynamic meta-networks extracted from DyNetML. It bundles together a set of Meta-Networks collected at different times.

Variables:

• __network_format – the format in which the networks should be stored:”dict”, “igraph” or “networkx”. It cannot be changed after initialization.
• attributes – A dictionary of attributes associated with the dynamic network
• metanetworks – The list of the Meta-Networks associated with the dynamic meta-network.

convert_to_dynetml()

Return the dynamic meta-network as an lxml._Element

drop_metanetworks_after(end_date)

Parameters:end_date (datetime.datetime) – Drop meta-networks that occur after this datetime.

drop_metanetworks_before(start_date)

Parameters:start_date (datetime.datetime) – Drop meta-networks that occur before this datetime.

drop_metanetworks_for_ranges(range_tuples, keep_in_range=True)

Parameters:

• range_tuples (list) – A list of tuples containing of a start date and end date pair
• keep_in_range (list) – If true, dates outside of any tuple are dropped. If false, dates within any tuple are dropped.

get_network_format()

Returns the network format

load_from_dynetml(dmn_text, properties_to_include=None, properties_to_ignore=None, nodeclasses_to_include=None, nodeclasses_to_ignore=None, networks_to_include=None, networks_to_ignore=None, start_date=None, end_date=None)

Parses and loads the contents of an XML containing a dynamic meta-network. If no properties, nodeclasses, or networks are specified to be included, all of them will be included. Lists of included and ignored elements are exclusive - only specify a set to include or a set to ignore for each category.

Parameters:

• dmn_text (str|unicode) – XML containing a dynamic meta-network
• properties_to_include (list) – a list of nodeclass properties that should be included
• properties_to_ignore (list) – a list of nodeclass properties that should be ignored
• nodeclasses_to_include (list) – a list of nodeclasses that should be included
• nodeclasses_to_ignore (list) – a list of nodeclasses that should be ignored
• networks_to_include (list) – a list of networks that should be included
• networks_to_ignore (list) – a list of networks that should be ignored
• start_date (datetime.datetime) – Meta-Networks from before this datetime should not be imported
• end_date (datetime.datetime) – MetaNetworks from after this datetime should not be imported

load_from_tag(dmn_tag, properties_to_include=None, properties_to_ignore=None, nodeclasses_to_include=None, nodeclasses_to_ignore=None, networks_to_include=None, networks_to_ignore=None, start_date=None, end_date=None)

Parses and loads the contents of an lxml._Element containing a dynamic meta-network. If no properties, nodeclasses, or networks are specified to be included, all of them will be included. Lists of included and ignored elements are exclusive - only specify a set to include or a set to ignore for each category.

Parameters:

• dmn_tag (lxml._Element) – A tag containing a dynamic meta-network
• properties_to_include (list) – a list of nodeclass properties that should be included
• properties_to_ignore (list) – a list of nodeclass properties that should be ignored
• nodeclasses_to_include (list) – a list of nodeclasses that should be included
• nodeclasses_to_ignore (list) – a list of nodeclasses that should be ignored
• networks_to_include (list) – a list of networks that should be included
• networks_to_ignore (list) – a list of networks that should be ignored
• start_date (datetime.datetime) – MetaNetworks from before this datetime should not be imported
• end_date (datetime.datetime) – MetaNetworks from after this datetime should not be imported

pretty_print()

Pretty-print the dynamic meta-network

write_dynetml(out_file_path)

Parameters:out_file_path (str|unicode) – Write the dynamic meta-network to this path.