topologicalInfoContent: Topological Information Conten

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

View source: R/topologicalInfoContent.R

Description

This method calculates the Topological Information Content.

Usage

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Arguments

g

a graph as a graphNEL object.

dist

the distance matrix of the graph. If the parameter is empty the distance matrix will be calculated within the function.

deg

the degree of each node of g.

Value

This method returns the Topological Information Content.

Author(s)

Laurin Mueller <laurin@eigenlab.net>

References

A. Mowshowitz, Entropy and the Complexity of the Graphs I: An Index of the Relative Complexity of a Graph, Bull. Math. Biophys., vol. 30, pp. 175-204, 1968. N. Rashevsky, Life, Information Theory, and Topology, Bull. Math. Biophys., vol. 17, pp. 229-235, 1955.

Examples

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library(RBGL)
set.seed(123)
g <- randomGraph(1:8, 1:5, 0.36, weights=FALSE)

topologicalInfoContent(g)

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