Temporal force-directed graph
This notebook visualizes a temporal network which changes over time. Each node and link has a start and end specifying its existence. The data here represents face-to-face interactions at a two-day conference. Data: SocioPatterns
const width = 928;
const height = 680;
const simulation = d3.forceSimulation()
.force("charge", d3.forceManyBody())
.force("link", d3.forceLink().id((d) => d.id))
.force("x", d3.forceX())
.force("y", d3.forceY())
.on("tick", ticked);
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("viewBox", [-width / 2, -height / 2, width, height])
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("style", "max-width: 100%; height: auto;");
let link = svg.append("g")
.attr("stroke", "#999")
.attr("stroke-opacity", 0.6)
.selectAll("line");
let node = svg.append("g")
.attr("stroke", "#fff")
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.selectAll("circle");
function ticked() {
node.attr("cx", (d) => d.x)
.attr("cy", (d) => d.y);
link.attr("x1", (d) => d.source.x)
.attr("y1", (d) => d.source.y)
.attr("x2", (d) => d.target.x)
.attr("y2", (d) => d.target.y);
}
invalidation.then(() => simulation.stop());
display(svg.node());
function update(time) {
let nodes = data.nodes.filter((d) => contains(d, time));
let links = data.links.filter((d) => contains(d, time));
// Make a shallow copy to protect against mutation, while
// recycling old nodes to preserve position and velocity.
const old = new Map(node.data().map((d) => [d.id, d]));
nodes = nodes.map((d) => ({...old.get(d.id), ... d}));
links = links.map((d) => ({...d}));
node = node
.data(nodes, (d) => d.id)
.join((enter) => enter.append("circle")
.attr("r", 5)
.call(drag(simulation))
.call((node) => node.append("title").text((d) => d.id)));
link = link
.data(links, (d) => [d.source, d.target])
.join("line");
simulation.nodes(nodes);
simulation.force("link").links(links);
simulation.alpha(1).restart().tick();
ticked(); // render now!
}
function drag(simulation) {
function dragstarted(event, d) {
if (!event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0.3).restart();
d.fx = d.x;
d.fy = d.y;
}
function dragged(event, d) {
d.fx = event.x;
d.fy = event.y;
}
function dragended(event, d) {
if (!event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0);
d.fx = null;
d.fy = null;
}
return d3.drag()
.on("start", dragstarted)
.on("drag", dragged)
.on("end", dragended);
}
update(time); // side-effect to trigger animation
const {nodes, links} = await FileAttachment("data/sfhh.json").json();
for (const d of [...nodes, ...links]) (d.start = d3.isoParse(d.start), d.end = d3.isoParse(d.end));
const data = display({nodes, links});
const contains = ({start, end}, time) => start <= time && time < end;
import {Scrubber} from "./scrubber.js";