In NetworkX, the Graph class is used to represent undirected networks and analyze their structure. The previous chapter showed how to create a network from scratch by adding nodes and edges. This section will instead use one of the ready-made networks available in NetworkX: Zachary's karate club (Zachary, 1977).
This network represents the friendships (edges) between members (nodes) of a karate club studied between 1970 and 1972. This particular karate club has long been of interest to sociologists and network scientists, because it eventually split into two different clubs after a disagreement between the instructor and the club president (this might explain why there aren't any famous studies of conflict ...
