egor (version 1.24.2)

ego_constraint: Calculate Burt constraint for the egos of ego-centered networks

Description

This calculates Burt's network constraint for all egos in an egor object. It iterates over each network and applies igraph::constraint. A weight variable can be specified.

Usage

ego_constraint(object, weights = NULL, ego.alter.weights = weights)

Value

Numeric vector with a constraint value for each ego.

Arguments

object

An egor object.

weights

Character, naming the alter-alter tie weight variable.

ego.alter.weights

Character, naming the ego-alter weight tie weight variable. This defaults to the same value as weights, only specify if the name of the ego.alter.weights is different from weights.

Details

The calculation of weighted network constraint only works, if the alter-alter tie weights are complemented by a alter level variable specifying the same weight for the ego-alter ties.

References

Burt, R. (2004). Structural holes and good ideas. American Journal of Sociology, (110), 349–399.

Examples

data(egor32)
ego_constraint(egor32)