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class VertexClustering(Clustering):

Known subclasses: igraph.cut.Cut

The clustering of the vertex set of a graph.

This class extends Clustering by linking it to a specific Graph object and by optionally storing the modularity score of the clustering. It also provides some handy methods like getting the subgraph corresponding to a cluster and such.

Note
since this class is linked to a `Graph`, destroying the graph by the `del` operator does not free the memory occupied by the graph if there exists a `VertexClustering` that references the `Graph`.

Class Method	`FromAttribute`	Creates a vertex clustering based on the value of a vertex attribute.
Method	`__init__`	Creates a clustering object for a given graph.
Method	`__plot__`	Plots the clustering to the given Cairo context in the given bounding box.
Method	`as_cover`	Returns a `VertexCover` that contains the same clusters as this clustering.
Method	`cluster_graph`	Returns a graph where each cluster is contracted into a single vertex.
Method	`crossing`	Returns a boolean vector where element i is `True` iff edge i lies between clusters, `False` otherwise.
Method	`giant`	Returns the largest cluster of the clustered graph.
Method	`recalculate_modularity`	Recalculates the stored modularity value.
Method	`subgraph`	Get the subgraph belonging to a given cluster.
Method	`subgraphs`	Gets all the subgraphs belonging to each of the clusters.
Property	`graph`	Returns the graph belonging to this object
Property	`modularity`	Returns the modularity score
Method	`_formatted_cluster_iterator`	Iterates over the clusters and formats them into a string to be presented in the summary.
Method	`_recalculate_modularity_safe`	Recalculates the stored modularity value and swallows all exceptions raised by the modularity function (if any).
Class Variable	`_default_palette`	Undocumented
Instance Variable	`_graph`	Undocumented
Instance Variable	`_modularity`	Undocumented
Instance Variable	`_modularity_dirty`	Undocumented
Instance Variable	`_modularity_params`	Undocumented

Inherited from Clustering:

Method	`__getitem__`	Returns the members of the specified cluster.
Method	`__iter__`	Iterates over the clusters in this clustering.
Method	`__len__`	Returns the number of clusters.
Method	`__str__`	Undocumented
Method	`compare_to`	Compares this clustering to another one using some similarity or distance metric.
Method	`size`	Returns the size of a given cluster.
Method	`size_histogram`	Returns the histogram of cluster sizes.
Method	`sizes`	Returns the size of given clusters.
Method	`summary`	Returns the summary of the clustering.
Property	`membership`	Returns the membership vector.
Property	`n`	Returns the number of elements covered by this clustering.
Instance Variable	`_len`	Undocumented
Instance Variable	`_membership`	Undocumented

@classmethod
def FromAttribute(cls, graph, attribute, intervals=None, params=None): ¶

Creates a vertex clustering based on the value of a vertex attribute.

Vertices having the same attribute will correspond to the same cluster.

Parameters
graph	the graph on which we are working
attribute	name of the attribute on which the clustering is based.
intervals	for numeric attributes, you can either pass a single number or a list of numbers here. A single number means that the vertices will be put in bins of that width and vertices ending up in the same bin will be in the same cluster. A list of numbers specify the bin positions explicitly; e.g., `[10, 20, 30]` means that there will be four categories: vertices with the attribute value less than 10, between 10 and 20, between 20 and 30 and over 30. Intervals are closed from the left and open from the right.
params	additional parameters to be stored in this object.
Returns
a new VertexClustering object

def __init__(self, graph, membership=None, modularity=None, params=None, modularity_params=None): ¶

overrides igraph.clustering.Clustering.__init__

overridden in igraph.cut.Cut

Creates a clustering object for a given graph.

Parameters
graph	the graph that will be associated to the clustering
membership	the membership list. The length of the list must be equal to the number of vertices in the graph. If `None`, every vertex is assumed to belong to the same cluster.
modularity	the modularity score of the clustering. If `None`, it will be calculated when needed.
params	additional parameters to be stored in this object.
modularity_params	arguments that should be passed to `Graph.modularity` when the modularity is (re)calculated. If the original graph was weighted, you should pass a dictionary containing a `weight` key with the appropriate value here.

def __plot__(self, context, bbox, palette, *args, **kwds): ¶

Plots the clustering to the given Cairo context in the given bounding box.

This is done by calling Graph.__plot__() with the same arguments, but coloring the graph vertices according to the current clustering (unless overridden by the vertex_color argument explicitly).

This method understands all the positional and keyword arguments that are understood by Graph.__plot__(), only the differences will be highlighted here:

mark_groups: whether to highlight some of the vertex groups by colored polygons. Besides the values accepted by Graph.__plot__ (i.e., a dict mapping colors to vertex indices, a list containing lists of vertex indices, or False), the following are also accepted:
- True: all the groups will be highlighted, the colors matching the corresponding color indices from the current palette (see the palette keyword argument of Graph.__plot__.
- A dict mapping cluster indices or tuples of vertex indices to color names. The given clusters or vertex groups will be highlighted by the given colors.
- A list of cluster indices. This is equivalent to passing a dict mapping numeric color indices from the current palette to cluster indices; therefore, the cluster referred to by element i of the list will be highlighted by color i from the palette.
The value of the plotting.mark_groups configuration key is also taken into account here; if that configuration key is True and mark_groups is not given explicitly, it will automatically be set to True.

In place of lists of vertex indices, you may also use VertexSeq instances.

In place of color names, you may also use color indices into the current palette. None as a color name will mean that the corresponding group is ignored.
palette: the palette used to resolve numeric color indices to RGBA values. By default, this is an instance of ClusterColoringPalette.

See Also
`Graph.__plot__()` for more supported keyword arguments.

def as_cover(self): ¶

overrides igraph.clustering.Clustering.as_cover

Returns a VertexCover that contains the same clusters as this clustering.

def cluster_graph(self, combine_vertices=None, combine_edges=None): ¶

Returns a graph where each cluster is contracted into a single vertex.

In the resulting graph, vertex i represents cluster i in this clustering. Vertex i and j will be connected if there was at least one connected vertex pair (a, b) in the original graph such that vertex a was in cluster i and vertex b was in cluster j.

Parameters
combine_vertices	specifies how to derive the attributes of the vertices in the new graph from the attributes of the old ones. See `Graph.contract_vertices()` for more details.
combine_edges	specifies how to derive the attributes of the edges in the new graph from the attributes of the old ones. See `Graph.simplify()` for more details. If you specify `False` here, edges will not be combined, and the number of edges between the vertices representing the original clusters will be equal to the number of edges between the members of those clusters in the original graph.
Returns
the new graph.

def crossing(self): ¶

Returns a boolean vector where element i is True iff edge i lies between clusters, False otherwise.

def giant(self): ¶

Returns the largest cluster of the clustered graph.

The largest cluster is a cluster for which no larger cluster exists in the clustering. It may also be known as the giant community if the clustering represents the result of a community detection function.

Precondition: the vertex set of the graph hasn't been modified since the moment the cover was constructed.

Returns
a copy of the largest cluster.
Note
there can be multiple largest clusters, this method will return the copy of an arbitrary one if there are multiple largest clusters.

def recalculate_modularity(self): ¶

Recalculates the stored modularity value.

This method must be called before querying the modularity score of the clustering through the class member modularity or q if the graph has been modified (edges have been added or removed) since the creation of the VertexClustering object.

Returns
the new modularity score

def subgraph(self, idx): ¶

Get the subgraph belonging to a given cluster.

Precondition: the vertex set of the graph hasn't been modified since the moment the cover was constructed.

Parameters
idx	the cluster index
Returns
a copy of the subgraph

def subgraphs(self): ¶

Gets all the subgraphs belonging to each of the clusters.

Precondition: the vertex set of the graph hasn't been modified since the moment the cover was constructed.

Returns
a list containing copies of the subgraphs

@property
graph = ¶

Returns the graph belonging to this object

@property
modularity = ¶

Returns the modularity score

def _formatted_cluster_iterator(self): ¶

overrides igraph.clustering.Clustering._formatted_cluster_iterator

Iterates over the clusters and formats them into a string to be presented in the summary.

def _recalculate_modularity_safe(self): ¶

Recalculates the stored modularity value and swallows all exceptions raised by the modularity function (if any).

Returns
the new modularity score or `None` if the modularity function could not be calculated.

_default_palette = ¶

Undocumented

_graph = ¶

Undocumented

_modularity = ¶

Undocumented

_modularity_dirty: bool = ¶

Undocumented

_modularity_params: dict = ¶

Undocumented

python-igraph API reference

igraph.clustering.VertexClustering

`igraph.clustering.VertexClustering`