set_observations: Replace observation support

In Dynet: Tidy Temporal Network Analysis

Replace observation support

Description

Replace observation support

Usage

set_observations(dn, data = NULL, start = NULL, end = NULL)

Arguments

dn	A temporal network.
data	Optional data frame with start and end observation components. Overlapping and adjacent positive components are merged. Default NULL.
start, end	Optional scalar continuous bounds used instead of data, each defaulting to NULL. Supply exactly one of data or the start/end pair; supplying both, or neither, is an error.

Value

A new dynet object, class c("dynet", "netobject", "cograph_network"). Raw edge and vertex spells are unchanged – as.data.frame(x) still returns the originals – and only the non-destructive measurement view is replaced, so every verb now clips exposure and path horizons to this support. Read the components back with as.data.frame(x, what = "observations"), one row per component with observation, start, end, duration and instant. Raises dynet_bad_input when neither or both of data and the bounds are given.

Examples

dn <- dynet(school_contacts)
first_week <- set_observations(dn, start = 0, end = 7)
as.data.frame(first_week, what = "observations")

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