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Posted to user@giraph.apache.org by Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <m....@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> on 2013/08/14 15:02:27 UTC
Dynamic Graphs
Hello all,
I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not caused by the graph computation itself.
Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to process it?
Best Regards,
Marco Lotz
Re: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Mirko Kämpf <mi...@cloudera.com>.
Hi Claudio, and Marco
thanks for your comments!
I also see the problem of latency in this case and I would like to have a
"generic method" which than is implemented maybe on two levels. The loose
coupled one with workflows (maybe Oozie) which just reload the graph (no
injection) and another one with high integration which allows injection of
incoming new data from outside or even after an external procedure was
triggers. The most obvious way for the injection would be a low latency
request to an HBase cluster to update node or edge properties on the fly or
even the integration of Impala (later on which is again more fare away or
more decoupled).
I am not sure, what the real useful approach is, so I think a generic
description of the three modes will be the first step of finishing this
"possible design" phase. Implementation should start close to the way how
Claudio explains his view on injection.
Claudio, and Marco, would you be interested in the review of the current
manuscript paper for a paper or even in collaborating on it to make it part
of Giraph?
I am not sure if it fits well, but it could be something like a vision
document for next steps / development stages. And it could also be a
contribution to upcoming conferences / meetings.
Best wishes
Mirko
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Claudio Martella <claudio.martella@gmail.com
> wrote:
> Hi Mirko,
>
> this is in general the kind of approach I was suggesting, but looked at in
> a broader-perspective. I'd tend to avoid calling other tools such as Hive
> or Pig often to compute injections, as Giraph is still a batch-processing
> and this could really introduce latency and reduce throughput. I feel that
> if the injection of vertices and edges would really require such a
> complexity (such a computing them with M/R), then one could just create a
> pipeline of jobs. But this is only my superficial analysis/speculation, I
> can see your point on integration and your proposal is very interesting.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Mirko Kämpf <mi...@cloudera.com>wrote:
>
>> Good morning Gentlemen,
>>
>> as far as I understand your thread you are talking about the same topic I
>> was thinking and working some time.
>> I work on a research project focused on evolution of networks and
>> networks dynamics in networks of networks.
>>
>> My understanding of Marco's question is, that he needs to change node
>> properties or even wants to add nodes to the graph while it is processed,
>> right?
>>
>> With the WorkerContext we could construct a "Connector" to the outside
>> world, not just for loading data from HDFS, which requires a preprocessing
>> step for the data which has to be loaded also. I think about HBase often.
>> All my nodes and edges live in HBase. From there it is quite easy to load
>> new data based on a simple "Scan" or even if the WorkerContext triggers a
>> Hive or Pig script, one can automatically reorganize or extract relevant
>> new links / nodes which have to be added to the graph.
>>
>> Such an approach means, after n super steps of the Giraph layer an
>> additional utility-step (triggered via WorkerContext, or any other better
>> fitting class form Giraph - not sure jet there to start) is executed.
>> Before such a step the state of the graph is persisted to allow fall back
>> or resume. The utility-step can be a processing (MR, Mahout) or just a load
>> (from HDFS, HBase) operation and it allows a kind of clocked data flow
>> directly into a running Giraph application. I think this is a very
>> important feature in Complex Systems research, as we have interacting
>> layers which change in parallel. In this picture the Giraph steps are the
>> steps of layer A, lets say something whats going on on top of a network and
>> the utility-step expresses the changes in the underlying structure
>> affecting the network it self but based on the data / properties of the
>> second subsystem, e.g. the agents operating on top of the network.
>>
>> I created a tool, which worked like this - but not at scale - and it was
>> at a time before Giraph. What do you think, is there a need for such a kind
>> of extension in the Giraph world?
>>
>> Have a nice Sunday.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Mirko
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Mirko Kämpf
>>
>> *Trainer* @ Cloudera
>>
>> tel: +49 *176 20 63 51 99*
>> skype: *kamir1604*
>> mirko@cloudera.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Claudio Martella <
>> claudio.martella@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> As I said, the injection of the new vertices/edges would have to be done
>>> "manually", hence without any support of the infrastructure. I'd suggest
>>> you implement a WorkerContext class that supports the reading of a specific
>>> file with a specific format (under your control) from HDFS, and that is
>>> accessed by this particular "special" vertex (e.g. based on the vertex ID).
>>>
>>> Does this make sense?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
>>> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Martella,
>>>>
>>>> Once achieved the conditions for updating the vertex data base, what it
>>>> the best way for the Injector Vertex to call an input reader again?
>>>>
>>>> I am able to access all the HDFS data, but I guess the vertex would
>>>> need to have access to the input splits and also the vertex input format
>>>> that I designate. Am I correct? Or there is a way that one can just ask
>>>> Zookeeper to create new splits and distribute to the workers from given a
>>>> path in DFS?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Marco Lotz
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent:* 14 August 2013 15:25
>>>> *To:* user@giraph.apache.org
>>>> *Subject:* Re: Dynamic Graphs
>>>>
>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>
>>>> Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would
>>>> be by having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new
>>>> vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the
>>>> mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
>>>> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with
>>>>> Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is
>>>>> computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not
>>>>> caused by the graph computation itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any
>>>>> idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to
>>>>> process it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Marco Lotz
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Claudio Martella
>>>> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Claudio Martella
>>> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Claudio Martella
> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>
--
--
Mirko Kämpf
*Trainer* @ Cloudera
tel: +49 *176 20 63 51 99*
skype: *kamir1604*
mirko@cloudera.com
Re: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>.
Hi Mirko,
this is in general the kind of approach I was suggesting, but looked at in
a broader-perspective. I'd tend to avoid calling other tools such as Hive
or Pig often to compute injections, as Giraph is still a batch-processing
and this could really introduce latency and reduce throughput. I feel that
if the injection of vertices and edges would really require such a
complexity (such a computing them with M/R), then one could just create a
pipeline of jobs. But this is only my superficial analysis/speculation, I
can see your point on integration and your proposal is very interesting.
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Mirko Kämpf <mi...@cloudera.com>wrote:
> Good morning Gentlemen,
>
> as far as I understand your thread you are talking about the same topic I
> was thinking and working some time.
> I work on a research project focused on evolution of networks and networks
> dynamics in networks of networks.
>
> My understanding of Marco's question is, that he needs to change node
> properties or even wants to add nodes to the graph while it is processed,
> right?
>
> With the WorkerContext we could construct a "Connector" to the outside
> world, not just for loading data from HDFS, which requires a preprocessing
> step for the data which has to be loaded also. I think about HBase often.
> All my nodes and edges live in HBase. From there it is quite easy to load
> new data based on a simple "Scan" or even if the WorkerContext triggers a
> Hive or Pig script, one can automatically reorganize or extract relevant
> new links / nodes which have to be added to the graph.
>
> Such an approach means, after n super steps of the Giraph layer an
> additional utility-step (triggered via WorkerContext, or any other better
> fitting class form Giraph - not sure jet there to start) is executed.
> Before such a step the state of the graph is persisted to allow fall back
> or resume. The utility-step can be a processing (MR, Mahout) or just a load
> (from HDFS, HBase) operation and it allows a kind of clocked data flow
> directly into a running Giraph application. I think this is a very
> important feature in Complex Systems research, as we have interacting
> layers which change in parallel. In this picture the Giraph steps are the
> steps of layer A, lets say something whats going on on top of a network and
> the utility-step expresses the changes in the underlying structure
> affecting the network it self but based on the data / properties of the
> second subsystem, e.g. the agents operating on top of the network.
>
> I created a tool, which worked like this - but not at scale - and it was
> at a time before Giraph. What do you think, is there a need for such a kind
> of extension in the Giraph world?
>
> Have a nice Sunday.
>
> Best wishes
> Mirko
>
> --
> --
> Mirko Kämpf
>
> *Trainer* @ Cloudera
>
> tel: +49 *176 20 63 51 99*
> skype: *kamir1604*
> mirko@cloudera.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Claudio Martella <
> claudio.martella@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As I said, the injection of the new vertices/edges would have to be done
>> "manually", hence without any support of the infrastructure. I'd suggest
>> you implement a WorkerContext class that supports the reading of a specific
>> file with a specific format (under your control) from HDFS, and that is
>> accessed by this particular "special" vertex (e.g. based on the vertex ID).
>>
>> Does this make sense?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
>> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Mr. Martella,
>>>
>>> Once achieved the conditions for updating the vertex data base, what it
>>> the best way for the Injector Vertex to call an input reader again?
>>>
>>> I am able to access all the HDFS data, but I guess the vertex would need
>>> to have access to the input splits and also the vertex input format that I
>>> designate. Am I correct? Or there is a way that one can just ask Zookeeper
>>> to create new splits and distribute to the workers from given a path in DFS?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Marco Lotz
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* 14 August 2013 15:25
>>> *To:* user@giraph.apache.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: Dynamic Graphs
>>>
>>> Hi Marco,
>>>
>>> Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would be
>>> by having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new
>>> vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the
>>> mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
>>> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with
>>>> Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is
>>>> computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not
>>>> caused by the graph computation itself.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any
>>>> idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to
>>>> process it?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Marco Lotz
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Claudio Martella
>>> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Claudio Martella
>> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>>
>
>
>
>
>
--
Claudio Martella
claudio.martella@gmail.com
RE: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <m....@stu12.qmul.ac.uk>.
Hello all,
Answering Mr. Kampf question: In my personal opinion this tool would be indeed really useful, since many of the real-world graphs are dynamic.
I have just finished a report of my research in the subject. The report is available at:
https://github.com/MarcoLotz/dynamicGraph/blob/master/LotzReport.pdf?raw=true
There is a first application that can do this injection. I am working in the minor modifications that are proposed in the document right now. It is described in section 2.7
The previous sections just describes some experiences that I had with Giraph and an introduction to the scenario.
Best Regards,
Marco Lotz
________________________________
From: Mirko Kämpf <mi...@cloudera.com>
Sent: 25 August 2013 07:55
To: user@giraph.apache.org
Subject: Re: Dynamic Graphs
Good morning Gentlemen,
as far as I understand your thread you are talking about the same topic I was thinking and working some time.
I work on a research project focused on evolution of networks and networks dynamics in networks of networks.
My understanding of Marco's question is, that he needs to change node properties or even wants to add nodes to the graph while it is processed, right?
With the WorkerContext we could construct a "Connector" to the outside world, not just for loading data from HDFS, which requires a preprocessing step for the data which has to be loaded also. I think about HBase often. All my nodes and edges live in HBase. From there it is quite easy to load new data based on a simple "Scan" or even if the WorkerContext triggers a Hive or Pig script, one can automatically reorganize or extract relevant new links / nodes which have to be added to the graph.
Such an approach means, after n super steps of the Giraph layer an additional utility-step (triggered via WorkerContext, or any other better fitting class form Giraph - not sure jet there to start) is executed. Before such a step the state of the graph is persisted to allow fall back or resume. The utility-step can be a processing (MR, Mahout) or just a load (from HDFS, HBase) operation and it allows a kind of clocked data flow directly into a running Giraph application. I think this is a very important feature in Complex Systems research, as we have interacting layers which change in parallel. In this picture the Giraph steps are the steps of layer A, lets say something whats going on on top of a network and the utility-step expresses the changes in the underlying structure affecting the network it self but based on the data / properties of the second subsystem, e.g. the agents operating on top of the network.
I created a tool, which worked like this - but not at scale - and it was at a time before Giraph. What do you think, is there a need for such a kind of extension in the Giraph world?
Have a nice Sunday.
Best wishes
Mirko
--
--
Mirko Kämpf
Trainer @ Cloudera
tel: +49 176 20 63 51 99
skype: kamir1604
mirko@cloudera.com<ma...@cloudera.com>
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
As I said, the injection of the new vertices/edges would have to be done "manually", hence without any support of the infrastructure. I'd suggest you implement a WorkerContext class that supports the reading of a specific file with a specific format (under your control) from HDFS, and that is accessed by this particular "special" vertex (e.g. based on the vertex ID).
Does this make sense?
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <m....@stu12.qmul.ac.uk>> wrote:
Dear Mr. Martella,
Once achieved the conditions for updating the vertex data base, what it the best way for the Injector Vertex to call an input reader again?
I am able to access all the HDFS data, but I guess the vertex would need to have access to the input splits and also the vertex input format that I designate. Am I correct? Or there is a way that one can just ask Zookeeper to create new splits and distribute to the workers from given a path in DFS?
Best Regards,
Marco Lotz
________________________________
From: Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>>
Sent: 14 August 2013 15:25
To: user@giraph.apache.org<ma...@giraph.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Dynamic Graphs
Hi Marco,
Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would be by having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <m....@stu12.qmul.ac.uk>> wrote:
Hello all,
I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not caused by the graph computation itself.
Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to process it?
Best Regards,
Marco Lotz
--
Claudio Martella
claudio.martella@gmail.com<ma...@gmail.com>
--
Claudio Martella
claudio.martella@gmail.com<ma...@gmail.com>
Re: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Mirko Kämpf <mi...@cloudera.com>.
Good morning Gentlemen,
as far as I understand your thread you are talking about the same topic I
was thinking and working some time.
I work on a research project focused on evolution of networks and networks
dynamics in networks of networks.
My understanding of Marco's question is, that he needs to change node
properties or even wants to add nodes to the graph while it is processed,
right?
With the WorkerContext we could construct a "Connector" to the outside
world, not just for loading data from HDFS, which requires a preprocessing
step for the data which has to be loaded also. I think about HBase often.
All my nodes and edges live in HBase. From there it is quite easy to load
new data based on a simple "Scan" or even if the WorkerContext triggers a
Hive or Pig script, one can automatically reorganize or extract relevant
new links / nodes which have to be added to the graph.
Such an approach means, after n super steps of the Giraph layer an
additional utility-step (triggered via WorkerContext, or any other better
fitting class form Giraph - not sure jet there to start) is executed.
Before such a step the state of the graph is persisted to allow fall back
or resume. The utility-step can be a processing (MR, Mahout) or just a load
(from HDFS, HBase) operation and it allows a kind of clocked data flow
directly into a running Giraph application. I think this is a very
important feature in Complex Systems research, as we have interacting
layers which change in parallel. In this picture the Giraph steps are the
steps of layer A, lets say something whats going on on top of a network and
the utility-step expresses the changes in the underlying structure
affecting the network it self but based on the data / properties of the
second subsystem, e.g. the agents operating on top of the network.
I created a tool, which worked like this - but not at scale - and it was at
a time before Giraph. What do you think, is there a need for such a kind of
extension in the Giraph world?
Have a nice Sunday.
Best wishes
Mirko
--
--
Mirko Kämpf
*Trainer* @ Cloudera
tel: +49 *176 20 63 51 99*
skype: *kamir1604*
mirko@cloudera.com
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Claudio Martella <
claudio.martella@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I said, the injection of the new vertices/edges would have to be done
> "manually", hence without any support of the infrastructure. I'd suggest
> you implement a WorkerContext class that supports the reading of a specific
> file with a specific format (under your control) from HDFS, and that is
> accessed by this particular "special" vertex (e.g. based on the vertex ID).
>
> Does this make sense?
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear Mr. Martella,
>>
>> Once achieved the conditions for updating the vertex data base, what it
>> the best way for the Injector Vertex to call an input reader again?
>>
>> I am able to access all the HDFS data, but I guess the vertex would need
>> to have access to the input splits and also the vertex input format that I
>> designate. Am I correct? Or there is a way that one can just ask Zookeeper
>> to create new splits and distribute to the workers from given a path in DFS?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Marco Lotz
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* 14 August 2013 15:25
>> *To:* user@giraph.apache.org
>> *Subject:* Re: Dynamic Graphs
>>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would be
>> by having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new
>> vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the
>> mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
>> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with
>>> Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is
>>> computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not
>>> caused by the graph computation itself.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any
>>> idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to
>>> process it?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Marco Lotz
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Claudio Martella
>> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Claudio Martella
> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>
Re: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>.
As I said, the injection of the new vertices/edges would have to be done
"manually", hence without any support of the infrastructure. I'd suggest
you implement a WorkerContext class that supports the reading of a specific
file with a specific format (under your control) from HDFS, and that is
accessed by this particular "special" vertex (e.g. based on the vertex ID).
Does this make sense?
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Mr. Martella,
>
> Once achieved the conditions for updating the vertex data base, what it
> the best way for the Injector Vertex to call an input reader again?
>
> I am able to access all the HDFS data, but I guess the vertex would need
> to have access to the input splits and also the vertex input format that I
> designate. Am I correct? Or there is a way that one can just ask Zookeeper
> to create new splits and distribute to the workers from given a path in DFS?
>
> Best Regards,
> Marco Lotz
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 14 August 2013 15:25
> *To:* user@giraph.apache.org
> *Subject:* Re: Dynamic Graphs
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would be
> by having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new
> vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the
> mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
> m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with
>> Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is
>> computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not
>> caused by the graph computation itself.
>>
>> Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any
>> idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to
>> process it?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Marco Lotz
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Claudio Martella
> claudio.martella@gmail.com
>
--
Claudio Martella
claudio.martella@gmail.com
RE: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <m....@stu12.qmul.ac.uk>.
Dear Mr. Martella,
Once achieved the conditions for updating the vertex data base, what it the best way for the Injector Vertex to call an input reader again?
I am able to access all the HDFS data, but I guess the vertex would need to have access to the input splits and also the vertex input format that I designate. Am I correct? Or there is a way that one can just ask Zookeeper to create new splits and distribute to the workers from given a path in DFS?
Best Regards,
Marco Lotz
________________________________
From: Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>
Sent: 14 August 2013 15:25
To: user@giraph.apache.org
Subject: Re: Dynamic Graphs
Hi Marco,
Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would be by having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <m....@stu12.qmul.ac.uk>> wrote:
Hello all,
I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not caused by the graph computation itself.
Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to process it?
Best Regards,
Marco Lotz
--
Claudio Martella
claudio.martella@gmail.com<ma...@gmail.com>
Re: Dynamic Graphs
Posted by Claudio Martella <cl...@gmail.com>.
Hi Marco,
Giraph currently does not support that. One way of doing this would be by
having a specific (pseudo-)vertex to act as the "injector" of the new
vertices and edges For example, it would read a file from HDFS and call the
mutable API during the computation, superstep after superstep.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Marco Aurelio Barbosa Fagnani Lotz <
m.a.b.lotz@stu12.qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to know if there is any form to use dynamic graphs with
> Giraph. By dynamic one can read graphs that may change while Giraph is
> computing/deliberating. The changes are in the input file and are not
> caused by the graph computation itself.
>
> Is there any way to analyse it using Giraph? If not, anyone has any
> idea/suggestion if it is possible to modify the framework in order to
> process it?
>
> Best Regards,
> Marco Lotz
>
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