plot chord diagram with matplotlib
def chordDiagram(X, ax, colors=None, width=0.1, pad=2, chordwidth=0.7):
"""Plot a chord diagram
Parameters
----------
X :
flux data, X[i, j] is the flux from i to j
ax :
matplotlib `axes` to show the plot
colors : optional
user defined colors in rgb format. Use function hex2rgb() to convert hex color to rgb color. Default: d3.js category10
width : optional
width/thickness of the ideogram arc
pad : optional
gap pad between two neighboring ideogram arcs, unit: degree, default: 2 degree
chordwidth : optional
position of the control points for the chords, controlling the shape of the chords
"""An example can be found at the end of matplotlib-chord.py. Here is what the figure looks like:
