TotalCentral: Total Effect Centrality

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Total Effect Centrality

Description

Total Effect Centrality

Usage

TotalCentral(phi, delta_t, tol = 0.01)

Arguments

phi	Numeric matrix. The drift matrix (\boldsymbol{\Phi}). phi should have row and column names pertaining to the variables in the system.
delta_t	Vector of positive numbers. Time interval (\Delta t).
tol	Numeric. Smallest possible time interval to allow.

Details

The total effect centrality of a variable is the sum of the total effects of a variable on all other variables at a particular time interval.

Value

Returns an object of class ctmedmed which is a list with the following elements:

call

Function call.

args

Function arguments.

fun

Function used ("TotalCentral").

output

A matrix of total effect centrality.

Author(s)

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

References

Bollen, K. A. (1987). Total, direct, and indirect effects in structural equation models. Sociological Methodology, 17, 37. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.2307/271028")}

Deboeck, P. R., & Preacher, K. J. (2015). No need to be discrete: A method for continuous time mediation analysis. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23 (1), 61–75. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1080/10705511.2014.973960")}

Ryan, O., & Hamaker, E. L. (2021). Time to intervene: A continuous-time approach to network analysis and centrality. Psychometrika, 87 (1), 214–252. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1007/s11336-021-09767-0")}

See Also

Other Continuous-Time Mediation Functions: BootBeta(), BootBetaStd(), BootIndirectCentral(), BootMed(), BootMedStd(), BootTotalCentral(), DeltaBeta(), DeltaBetaStd(), DeltaIndirectCentral(), DeltaMed(), DeltaMedStd(), DeltaTotalCentral(), Direct(), DirectStd(), Indirect(), IndirectCentral(), IndirectStd(), MCBeta(), MCBetaStd(), MCIndirectCentral(), MCMed(), MCMedStd(), MCPhi(), MCPhiSigma(), MCTotalCentral(), Med(), MedStd(), PosteriorBeta(), PosteriorIndirectCentral(), PosteriorMed(), PosteriorTotalCentral(), Total(), TotalStd(), Trajectory()

Examples

phi <- matrix(
  data = c(
    -0.357, 0.771, -0.450,
    0.0, -0.511, 0.729,
    0, 0, -0.693
  ),
  nrow = 3
)
colnames(phi) <- rownames(phi) <- c("x", "m", "y")

# Specific time interval ----------------------------------------------------
TotalCentral(
  phi = phi,
  delta_t = 1
)

# Range of time intervals ---------------------------------------------------
total_central <- TotalCentral(
  phi = phi,
  delta_t = 1:30
)
plot(total_central)

# Methods -------------------------------------------------------------------
# TotalCentral has a number of methods including
# print, summary, and plot
total_central <- TotalCentral(
  phi = phi,
  delta_t = 1:5
)
print(total_central)
summary(total_central)
plot(total_central)

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