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Learning Neo4j

By : Rik Van Bruggen
Book Image

Learning Neo4j

By: Rik Van Bruggen

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning Neo4j
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Where to Find More Information Related to Neo4j
Index

Questions and Answers


Q1. Analyzing impact often requires:

  1. A lot of manual work in the database.

  2. Complex join operations across multiple different types of information.

  3. A simple path finding query over a graph database such as Neo4j.

A: 3. Path finding is a great use case for Neo4j.

Q2. Which of the following use cases is a great hierarchical use case for Neo4j?

  1. Calculating the average selling price over a million different purchase transactions.

  2. Calculating access control over a directory tree of users in groups and departments.

  3. Calculating the shortest path on a road network between two cities.

  4. Recommending a new product purchase to an existing client.

A: 2. Access control is typically a great hierarchical use case, as evidenced by }the multiple hierarchically organized directory servers on the market today. Hierarchies, however, are just a specific type of graph and so they are typically also a great use case for Neo4j.