Creating Contact and Social Networks
Description
Process spatially- and temporally-discrete data into contact and
social networks, and facilitate network analysis by randomizing
individuals' movement paths and/or related categorical variables. To use
this package, users need only have a dataset containing spatial data
(i.e., latitude/longitude, or planar x & y coordinates), individual IDs
relating spatial data to specific individuals, and date/time information
relating spatial locations to temporal locations. The functionality of this
package ranges from data "cleaning" via multiple filtration functions, to
spatial and temporal data interpolation, and network creation and analysis.
Functions within this package are not limited to describing interpersonal
contacts. Package functions can also identify and quantify "contacts"
between individuals and fixed areas (e.g., home ranges, water bodies,
buildings, etc.). As such, this package is an incredibly useful resource
for facilitating epidemiological, ecological, ethological and sociological
research.