get.backbone: get.backbone

In ITNr: Analysis of the International Trade Network

get.backbone

Description

This function extracts the backbone of a network

Usage

get.backbone(G, alpha, directed = TRUE)

Arguments

G	igraph network
alpha	Significance level
directed	Default is TRUE

Value

Backbone of the network

References

Serrano, M. Á., Boguñá, M. and Vespignani, A. (2009) Extracting the multiscale backbone of complex weighted networks, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(16), pp. 6483–6488.

Examples

require(igraph)

##Create a random (directed) network
gs<-erdos.renyi.game(50,0.2,directed = TRUE)

##Add edge weights to the network
E(gs)$weight<-runif(ecount(gs), 0, 1)

##Extract backbone at 0.05 significance level
backbone<-get.backbone(gs,0.1)

ITNr documentation built on March 31, 2023, 6:59 p.m.