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Saturday, March 01, 2014

Revealing Relationships with Graphical Discovery: Teradata Aster

Graphical analysis has been covered here a number of times.  In particular using the GePhi package.  We see that this is written about in the Teradata blog, using their Aster package.  Had not looked at that approach, but will explore now.  

" ... Teradata® Aster Discovery Platform 6 is sparking a sharp interest in graph discovery and the unique value it can deliver to businesses. Graph reporting, a precursor to graph discovery, that helps find basic connections such as an individual’s friends in a social network, has been available for years but has limited analytic value.

The graph analytics capabilities enabled by Teradata Aster Discovery Platform 6 are different. The discovery platform uses algorithms that process an entire graph to extract deep insights, such as identifying the biggest influencers in a social network, and provide answers to complicated analytics problems in a timely manner—something graph reporting databases can’t do well. ... " 

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