NET Network File Format


NET network file format, used in software Pajek, is also supported in PROFEAT.

The NET file structure mainly includes 3 sections: *vertices, *edges, and *arcs.

  1. *vertices section lists all the nodes.
  2. *edges section lists all the undirected interactions between two nodes, with an optional edge weight in the third coloum.
  3. *arcs section lists all the directed interactions, pointing from the earlier node to the later node.

An unweighted NET format could be like the following structure:

*vertices

(node A)

(node B)

(node C)

... ...

*edges

(node A) tab (node C)

(node B) tab (node C)

... ...

*arcs

Additionally, the input file may contain multiple separated networks, PROFEAT automatically detects each connected network, ranks them by their number of nodes, and outputs descriptors for each individual network accordingly.


The sample unweighted NET network file is available HERE.