Networks and the NetworkMixin

PyDistSim uses the library networkx to represent graphs. networkx provides a rich set of graph classes and methods to work with graphs.

In order to extend the defined networkx.Graph and networkx.DiGraph in networkx, PyDistSim uses a mixin class.

This mixin class is called NetworkMixin and is defined in the network module. For the development of the framework, we have used this mixin to define DirectedNetwork and BidirectionalNetwork, which are subclasses of networkx.Graph and networkx.DiGraph respectively.

In broad terms, these NetworkMixin subclasses are responsible for the following:

Managing the nodes and edges of the graph.
Managing the data associated with the nodes and edges.
Managing the network properties.
Managing the algorithms that can be applied to the network, its state and the data associated with it.

For class and method documentation refer to NetworkMixin.