Graph construction

Graphs.jl provides a number of methods for creating a graph. These include tools for building and modifying graph objects, a wide array of graph generator functions, and the ability to read and write graphs from files (using GraphIO.jl).

Creating graphs

Standard generators

Graphs.jl implements numerous graph generators, including random graph generators, constructors for classic graphs, numerous small graphs with familiar topologies, and random and static graphs embedded in Euclidean space. An empty simple Graph can be constructed using g = SimpleGraph() and similary g = SimpleDiGraph() for directed graphs. See Generators for common graphs for a complete list of available templates.

Datasets

Other notorious graphs and integration with the MatrixDepot.jl package are available in the Datasets submodule of the companion package LightGraphsExtras.jl. Selected graphs from the Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection may be found in the SNAPDatasets.jl package.

Modifying graphs

Starting from a (possibly empty) graph g, one can modify it using the following functions:

• add_vertex!(g) adds one vertex to g
• add_vertices!(g, n) adds n vertices to g
• add_edge!(g, s, d) adds the edge (s, d) to g
• rem_vertex!(g, v) removes vertex v from g
• rem_edge!(g, s, d) removes edge (s, d) from g

If an iterator of edges edgelist is available, then one can directly use SimpleGraphFromIterator(edgelist) or SimpleDiGraphFromIterator(edgelist).

In addition to these core functions, more advanced operators can be found in Operators.