loop (version 1.1)

rank.nodes: rank nodes based on the inward links/outward links/both links

Description

rank each node in the graph based on their connection status with other nodes, the standard is the inward/outward link numbers.

Usage

rank.nodes(gemat, type = "both")

Arguments

gemat

standard square graph matrix

type

if type="both", the function will rank the nodes based on total link number, by counting both inward and outward links for each node; if type="in", the function will rank the nodes based on inward link number for each node; if type="out", the function will rank the nodes based on outward link number for each node;

Value

return the sorted node vector in decreasing form with names showing the nodes,while the vector elements are the link numbers.

References

Chen Y (2012) loop: an R package for performing decomposition of weighted directed graphs, food web analysis and flexible network plotting. Submitted.

See Also

node.similarity, nmds.ordination

Examples

mat=matrix(c(0,5,3,7,0,5,0,8,0,4,3,8,0,1,6,7,0,1,0,2,0,4,6,2,0),5,5)
rank.nodes(gemat=mat,type="in")
rank.nodes(gemat=mat,type="out")
rank.nodes(gemat=mat,type="both")