multiplex (version 1.5)

rbox: Construct the Relation-Box

Description

Function to construct the Relation-Box of a multiple network

Usage

rbox(w, transp = FALSE, smpl = FALSE, tlabels = NULL, k = 3)

Arguments

w

an array with three dimensions of stacked matrices of generating relations.

transp

(logical) whether or not the transpose of each matrix in $w$ should be included.

smpl

(logical) whether to simplify or not the strings of relations

tlabels

(optional) a vector with the labels for the transpose relations.

k

length of the Relation-Box in $z$

Value

• An object of the `Rel.Box' class.
• W
  the structure of the Relation-Box
• lbs
  the labels in the relational system
• Note
  (optional) Notes indicating the particularities in the input
• Orels
  the original labels of the relations
• Srels
  (optional) the simplified labels of the relations
• Trels
  (optional) the labels of the transposed relations
• k
  the maximal length of the word
• z
  the length of the Relation-Box in the $z$ dimension

Details

If transp = TRUE the labels of the transpose are toggle case of the labels of the original matrices, and in such case it is adviced to simplify the strings of relations. In order to prevent a transposed structure for a certain array of w, use NA in the vector the transpose labels tlabels corresponding to the respective matrix.

References

Winship, C. and M.J. Mandel `Roles and positions: A critique and extension of the blockmodelling approach,' Sociological Methodology, 314-344. 1983.

See Also

cph, semigroup, hierar

Examples

## Create the data: 2 binary relations among 3 elements
arr <- round( replace( array(runif(18), c(3,3,2)), array(runif(18),
       c(3,3,2))>.5, 1 ) )

## The relation box
rbox(arr, k=1)