The initial step in building a network representation of product relatedness (proximities) involved first generating a network framework. The maximum spanning tree represents the first step in visualizing the Product Space network.Here, the maximum spanning tree (MST) algorithm built a network of the 775 product nodes and the 774 links that would maximize the network's total proximity value. | The initial step in building a network representation of product relatedness (proximities) involved first generating a network framework. The maximum spanning tree represents the first step in visualizing the Product Space network.Here, the maximum spanning tree (MST) algorithm built a network of the 775 product nodes and the 774 links that would maximize the network's total proximity value. |