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RSiena (version 1.2-23)

RSiena-package: Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis

Description

Fits statistical models to longitudinal sets of networks, and to longitudinal sets of networks and behavioral variables. Not only one-mode networks but also two-mode networks and multivariate networks are allowed. The models are stochastic actor-oriented models.

Package "RSienaTest" is the development version, and is distributed through R-Forge, see http://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=461. Package "RSiena" is the official release.

Arguments

Details

The main flow of operations of this package is as follows.

Data objects can be created from matrices and vectors using sienaDependent, coCovar, varCovar, coDyadCovar, etc., and finally sienaDataCreate.

Effects are selected using an sienaEffects object, which can be created using getEffects and may be further specified by includeEffects, setEffect, and includeInteraction.

Control of the estimation algorithm requires a sienaAlgorithm object that defines the settings (parameters) of the algorithm, and which can be created by sienaAlgorithmCreate.

Function siena07 is used to fit a model.

A general introduction to the method is available in the tutorial paper Snijders, van de Bunt, and Steglich (2010). Next to the help pages, more detailed help is available in the manual (see below) and a lot of information is at the website (also see below).

Package: RSiena
Type: Package
Version: 1.2-23
Date: 2020-01-12
Depends: R (>= 3.0.0)
Imports: Matrix
Suggests: tcltk, network, codetools, lattice, MASS, parallel, xtable, tools, utils
SystemRequirements: GNU make, tcl/tk 8.5, Tktable
License: GPL-2
LazyData: yes
NeedsCompilation: yes
BuildResaveData: no

References

  • Schweinberger, Michael, and Snijders, Tom A.B. (2007). Markov models for digraph panel data: Monte Carlo-based derivative estimation. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 51, 4465--4483.

  • Snijders, Tom A.B. (2001). The statistical evaluation of social network dynamics. Sociological Methodology 31, 361-395.

  • Snijders, Tom A.B. (2017). Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models for Network Dynamics. Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application 4, 343--363.

  • Snijders, Tom A.B., van de Bunt, Gerhard G., and Steglich, Christian E.G. (2010). Introduction to actor-based models for network dynamics. Social Networks 32, 44--60.

  • Snijders, Tom A.B., Steglich, Christian E.G., and Schweinberger, Michael (2007). Modeling the co-evolution of networks and behavior. Pp. 41--71 in Longitudinal models in the behavioral and related sciences, edited by Kees van Montfort, Han Oud and Albert Satorra; Lawrence Erlbaum.

  • Steglich, Christian E.G., Snijders, Tom A.B., and Pearson, Michael A. (2010). Dynamic networks and behavior: Separating selection from influence. Sociological Methodology 40, 329--393.

  • The manual: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~snijders/siena/RSiena_Manual.pdf

  • The website: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~snijders/siena/.

See Also

siena07

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
mynet1 <- sienaDependent(array(c(tmp3, tmp4), dim=c(32, 32, 2)))
mydata <- sienaDataCreate(mynet1)
myeff <- getEffects(mydata)
myeff <- includeEffects(myeff, transTrip)
myeff
myalgorithm <- sienaAlgorithmCreate(nsub=3, n3=200, projname=NULL)
ans <- siena07(myalgorithm, data=mydata, effects=myeff, batch=TRUE)
summary(ans)
# }

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