4.8.3 Running the PageRank Algorithm

PageRank computes a rank value between 0 and 1 for each vertex (node) in the graph and stores the values in a double property. The algorithm therefore creates a vertex property of type double for the output.

In the in-memory graph server (PGX), there are two types of vertex and edge properties:

• Persistent Properties: Properties that are loaded with the graph from a data source are fixed, in-memory copies of the data on disk, and are therefore persistent. Persistent properties are read-only, immutable and shared between sessions.

• Transient Properties: Values can only be written to transient properties, which are private to a session. You can create transient properties by calling createVertexProperty and createEdgeProperty on PgxGraph objects, or by copying existing properties using clone() on Property objects.

  Transient properties hold the results of computation by algorithms. For example, the PageRank algorithm computes a rank value between 0 and 1 for each vertex in the graph and stores these values in a transient property named pg_rank. Transient properties are destroyed when the Analyst object is destroyed.

This example obtains the top three vertices with the highest PageRank values. It uses a transient vertex property of type double to hold the computed PageRank values. The PageRank algorithm uses the following default values for the input parameters: error (tolerance = 0.001), damping factor = 0.85, and maximum number of iterations = 100.

Using the Shell to Run PageRank

opg4j> rank = analyst.pagerank(graph, 0.001, 0.85, 100);
==> ...
opg4j> rank.getTopKValues(3)
==> 128=0.1402019732468347
==> 333=0.12002296283541904
==> 99=0.09708583862990475

Using Java to Run PageRank

import java.util.Map.Entry;
import oracle.pgx.api.*;
 
Analyst analyst = session.createAnalyst();
VertexProperty<Integer, Double> rank = analyst.pagerank(graph, 0.001, 0.85, 100);
for (Entry<Integer, Double> entry : rank.getTopKValues(3)) {
 System.out.println(entry.getKey() + "=" + entry.getValue());
}