edgecov-ergmTerm-1fb5ef19: Edge covariate

In ergm: Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks

Edge covariate

Description

This term adds one statistic to the model, equal to the sum of the covariate values for each edge appearing in the network. The edgecov term applies to both directed and undirected networks. For undirected networks the covariates are also assumed to be undirected. The edgecov and dyadcov terms are equivalent for undirected networks.

Usage

# binary: edgecov(x, attrname=NULL)

# valued: edgecov(x, attrname=NULL, form="sum")

Arguments

x, attrname

a specification for the dyadic covariate: either one of the following, or the name of a network attribute containing one of the following: a covariate matrix with dimensions n \times n for unipartite networks and b \times (n-b) for bipartite networks; attrname, if given, is used to construct the term name. a network object with the same size and bipartitedness as LHS; attrname, if given, provides the name of the quantitative edge attribute to use for covariate values (in this case, missing edges in x are assigned a covariate value of zero).

form

character how to aggregate tie values in a valued ERGM

See Also

ergmTerm for index of model terms currently visible to the package.

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