NetComp (version 1.6)

netUnion: Network Union

Description

Returns the union of the input matrices. Output object is an adjacency matrix where the edge weight is 1 if an edge is present in both graphs, 0.5 if present in 1 graph, and 0 if present in neither graph. Edges in both graphs failing to meet the cutoff, if provided, are set to zero before performing the graph union.

Usage

netUnion(matrix1, matrix2, cutoff=NULL, ...)

Arguments

matrix1

Square matrix (e.g. correlation or adjacency) containing row/column labels

matrix2

Square matrix (e.g. correlation or adjacency) containing row/column labels

cutoff

The cutoff value. Edges less than this value (absolute value considered)are converted to zero.

...

Other parameters.

Value

netUnion returns an adjacency matrix containing edges present either both graphs.

Details

Matrices must be square and have row and column labels. Output adjacency matrix can be used directly for creating a graph object.

Examples

 #using the state.x77 and USArrest datasets
 #remove data from states for illustration
 ssArrest<-subset(t(USArrests), select=-c(Alabama,Colorado,Delaware))
 ssState<-subset(t(state.x77), select=-c(Alabama, Arizona, Iowa))
 arrestCor<-cor(ssArrest)
 stateCor<-cor(ssState)
 dataUnion<-netUnion(stateCor, arrestCor)
 dataUnion[1:15,1:5]
 #Setting a cutoff to remove any edges that are below 0.6 
 dataUnion.6<-netUnion(stateCor, arrestCor, cutoff=0.6)
 dataUnion.6[1:15,1:5]