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Computing Exercise
This assignment should be attempted individually. This assignment constitutes 30% of your
final assessment in this subject. Name of the file submitted should be studentnumber-ICS-
1.pdf or studentnumber-ICS-1.zip or studentnumber-ICS-1.rar. Assignments submitted with
other file names may not be marked.
The University takes plagiarism or allegations of plagiarism seriously. All students are
encouraged to familiarise themselves with the University plagiarism policy before
attempting this assignment. Computer scripts and other automated methods may be
used to detect similarity of assignment submissions.
Before you begin the assignment, download the following networks files, which are
available in canvas, in Assign 1 Nets.zip.
Assign1-net1.txt (Net1)
Assign1-net2.txt (Net2)
Assign1-net3.graphml (Net3)
Assign1-net4.sif (Net4)
Q1.
In this question, you will use some basic functionalities of Cytoscape.
i. Open the four provided network files in Cytoscape. Please visualise them using the
following layouts. Net1 and Net2 - Prefuse force directed layouts. Net3 - Degree
sorted circle layouts. Net4 – Compound Spring Embedder Layout. Attach screenshots
of these layouts to your answer. (8 marks)
ii. Find out the value of following parameters for Net1 and Net4: Clustering coefficient,
average path length, average degree, network density, network heterogeneity. Write
down the values in your answer. (5 marks)