Social Network Analysis Tools

Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ are most visited domains on the Internet. They contain huge data about the users and the relationships among them. To analyze and mine useful information from these huge social network data, special graph based mining tools are required that can easily model the structure of the social networks. A number of such analysis tools are available with their own features and benefits. Choosing an appropriate tool for a particular task is difficult to decide. This work present a comparative analysis of four social network analysis tools-Network, Gephi, Pajek, IGraph based on platform, execution time, Graph types, algorithms complexity, input file format and graph features.