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JUNG a.. the Java Universal Network/Graph Framework--is a software
library that provides a common and extendible language for the
modeling, analysis, and visualization of data that can be
represented as a graph or network. It is written in Java, which
allows JUNG-based applications to make use of the extensive
built-in capabilities of the Java API, as well as those of other
existing third-party Java libraries.
The JUNG architecture is designed to support a variety of
representations of entities and their relations, such as
directed and undirected graphs, multi-modal graphs, graphs
with parallel edges, and hypergraphs. It provides a mechanism
for annotating graphs, entities, and relations with metadata.
This facilitates the creation of analytic tools for complex
data sets that can examine the relations between entities as
well as the metadata attached to each entity and relation.
The current distribution of JUNG includes implementations of
a number of algorithms from graph theory, data mining, and
social network analysis, such as routines for clustering,
decomposition, optimization, random graph generation,
statistical analysis, and calculation of network distances,
flows, and importance measures (centrality, PageRank, HITS, etc.).
JUNG also provides a visualization framework that makes it easy to
construct tools for the interactive exploration of network data.
Users can use one of the layout algorithms provided, or use the
framework to create their own custom layouts. In addition,
filtering mechanisms are provided which allow users to focus their
attention, or their algorithms, on specific portions of the graph.
As an open-source library, JUNG provides a common framework for
graph/network analysis and visualization. We hope that JUNG will
make it easier for those who work with relational data to make use
of one anothers' development efforts, and thus avoid continually
re-inventing the wheel.

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