R/networkCorrelation.R

In stnava/ANTsR: ANTs in R: Quantification Tools for Biomedical Images

# NewtorkCorrelation.R From - van Wijk, B.C.M., Stam, C.J., Daffertshofer, A.:
# Comparing brain networks of different size and connectivity density using graph
# theory. PLoS One 5(10) (2010) e13701

.networkCorrelation <- function(n1, n2) {
  if (sum(abs(dim(n1) - dim(n2))) != 0) {
    print("Inputs must be of same dimension")
    return(NULL)
  }

  cov <- .networkCovariance(n1, n2)

  var1 <- var(n1[upper.tri(n1)])
  var2 <- var(n2[upper.tri(n2)])

  cor <- cov / sqrt(var1 * var2)

  return(cor)
}