NemoLib: Network Motif Libraries for Network Motif Detection and Analysis

Abstract

Network motifs are frequent and unique subgraph patterns located inside networks, and have been applied to solve various biological problems. Due to the high computational costs of performing network motif analysis, various tools have been created to make the process more efficient. However, existing tools lack extensible functionality and provide limited output formats. This restricts the ability to use network motif analysis for extensive and exhaustive experiments in real problems. We provide NemoLib (Network Motif Libraries) as a general purpose tool for detection and analysis of network motifs. It is an easily adoptable and highly accessible tool with a focus on efficiency and extensibility.