create_network: Create an network object and maintain it

In NetSim: A Social Networks Simulation Tool in R

Description

Create a network object in NetSim from a matrix, set particular ties of the network and transform it back into a matrix

Usage

	create_network(matrix, directed = TRUE, reflexive = FALSE)
	set_tie(network, i, j, value)
	network_as_matrix(network)
	## S3 method for class 'NetSimNetwork'
as.matrix(x, ...)
	## S3 method for class 'NetSimNetwork'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

matrix	A (squared) matrix object
directed	Indicates whether the network is directed (TRUE) or undirected (FALSE)
reflexive	Indicates whether the matrix is reflexive (TRUE) or not (FALSE)
network	A NetSim network object
i,j	index of one particular tie. The index starts counting from 0.
value	A value a tie is set to (1 or 0 in binary networks)
x	A NetSim network object
...	Additional arguments

See Also

create_process_state create_attribute_container add_random_ties_to_network add_ring_lattice_to_network

Examples

nActors <- 5
network <- create_network(matrix(1, nActors, nActors))

# set ties
set_tie(network, i = 0, j = 1, value = 0)
set_tie(network, i = 0, j = 2, value = 0)
# returns FALSE and keeps the network unchanged as the network is not reflexive
set_tie(network, i = 0, j = 0, value = 1)

# there are two equivalent ways to re-transform the network into a matrix
as.matrix(network)
network_as_matrix(network)

Example output

Loading required package: Rcpp

Attaching package: 'NetSim'

The following object is masked from 'package:stats':

    simulate

Warning: 5 ties could not be set.
[1] TRUE
[1] TRUE
[1] FALSE
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,]    0    0    0    1    1
[2,]    1    0    1    1    1
[3,]    1    1    0    1    1
[4,]    1    1    1    0    1
[5,]    1    1    1    1    0
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,]    0    0    0    1    1
[2,]    1    0    1    1    1
[3,]    1    1    0    1    1
[4,]    1    1    1    0    1
[5,]    1    1    1    1    0

NetSim documentation built on May 29, 2017, 6:41 p.m.