Tutorial
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Download and install the recent version of SONIVIS
The current version of SONIVIS is for Windows here and for Linux here available. In the binary version we offer you an executable version which sets all necessary system variables automatically.
If you use Windows, we recommend to install directly SONIVIS on c:\.
For installation help, consult our Installation manual.
First start of SONIVIS:Tool: Setting up the tool
During the first run of the tool various settings must be done. It is also possible to change the settings later via the Window->Preferences menu item. First, you have to select the metrics that you need for your analysis. To begin an easy analysis, select Betweenness Centrality (This measure shows the influence of a node on its network by measuring how many paths through the network go through a node), Degree (Number of neighbors of a node, e.g. number of co-authors of an author in a collaboration network), Amount Contribution (This shows how many bytes an author has contributed to the information space) and Eigenvector Centrality (connectedness of a node to the core of the network). If you need more information about metrics, you find a description of all metrics here. To allow the tool to load its data from the database, you also have to configurate the database connection to your MySQL server. After this, the most important settings are done and you can start your analysis session.
Load and Manipulate a Network
Metrics and Statistics
The Metrics and Statistics, expect the Wiki Metrics, depend on the loaded network.
