Graphs 101

@HustonHedinger - Founder and CEO @GraphAlchemist - www.graphAlchemist.com - [email protected]

http://www.graphAlchemist.com

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Graph

a connected set of objects

G = (V, E)




Graph

Amy

(facebook)

DaveSharonlikes

likes




Graphgraphs can be directed D = (V, A)

(Twitter)




Today

1. What’s a graph? 2. Demo “Graph Search” 3. Graphs are everywhere* 4. What’s a GraphAlchemist?

*Thanks Neo4j




Graph Search

</demo> e.g. facebook.com




Graph Search - How it works




























Graph Search - Where’s it going?

Implicit vs. Explicit connections




Generating graph data

Implicit e.g. user buys something mirrors actual behavior




Explicit !

e.g user chooses to “like” something (can be ‘faked’)

Generating graph data




Today


*Thanks Neo4j



Not only the “social” graph

Business Graph

Hollywood Graph


Today


*Thanks Neo4j




Short: We help people make decisions from complex data




Long: GraphAlchemist provides business intelligence solutions for “connected” (graph) data. Piloting use cases in: • Supplier: Vendor master data management • Customer: master data management and predictive analytics • Customer: business development and contact strategy analytics • Product: dynamic pricing model for location sensitive data • Product: product lifecycle management (PLM) • Product: configuration analytics • Law Enforcement: missing persons database • etc.







Graph Database Training: !

February 5th, 2014: Data Modeling with Neo4j (intermediate) March 5th , 2014: Intro to Neo4j (beginner)




Resources in Portland: graphAlchemist.com - intelligence from graph data PDX Graph Meetup - graphs and graph dbs graphjson.io - create simple (small) graphs !

Else: neo4j.org - the World’s leading graph database linkurio.us - visualize graph data with ease




http://www.meetup.com/PDX-Graph-Meetup/

http://graphjson.io

http://www.neo4j.org

http://linkurio.us

Huston Hedinger Founder and CEO GraphAlchemist [email protected]


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Graphs 101