Software Tools for the Statistical Analysis of Network Data

Statnet is a collection of packages for statistical network analysis that are designed to work together because they share common data representations and 'API' design. They provide an integrated set of tools for the representation, visualization, analysis, and simulation of many different forms of network data. This package is designed to make it easy to install and load the key 'statnet' packages in a single step. Learn more about 'statnet' at < http://www.statnet.org>. Tutorials for many packages can be found at < https://github.com/statnet/Workshops/wiki>. For an introduction to functions in this package, type help(package='statnet').

Graph Plotting Methods, Psychometric Data Visualization and Graphical Model Estimation

Fork of qgraph - Weighted network visualization and analysis, as well as Gaussian graphical model computation. See Epskamp et al. (2012) .

Methods and Measures for Brain, Cognitive, and Psychometric Network Analysis

Implements network analysis and graph theory measures used in neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychology. Methods include various filtering methods and approaches such as threshold, dependency (Kenett, Tumminello, Madi, Gur-Gershgoren, Mantegna, & Ben-Jacob, 2010 ), Information Filtering Networks (Barfuss, Massara, Di Matteo, & Aste, 2016 ), and Efficiency-Cost Optimization (Fallani, Latora, & Chavez, 2017 ). Brain methods include the recently developed Connectome Predictive Modeling (see references in package). Also implements several network measures including local network characteristics (e.g., centrality), community-level network characteristics (e.g., community centrality), global network characteristics (e.g., clustering coefficient), and various other measures associated with the reliability and reproducibility of network analysis.

Random Network Model Estimation, Selection and Parameter Tuning

Model fitting, model selection and parameter tuning procedures for a class of random network models. Many useful network modeling, estimation, and processing methods are included. The work to build and improve this package is partially supported by the NSF grants DMS-2015298 and DMS-2015134.

Construction, Simulation and Analysis of Boolean Networks

Functions to reconstruct, generate, and simulate synchronous, asynchronous, probabilistic, and temporal Boolean networks. Provides also functions to analyze and visualize attractors in Boolean networks .

Generalized Multipartite Networks

We define generalized multipartite networks as the joint observation of several networks implying some common pre-specified groups of individuals. The aim is to fit an adapted version of the popular stochastic block model to multipartite networks, as described in Bar-hen, Barbillon and Donnet (2020) .

Optimal Channel Networks

Generate and analyze Optimal Channel Networks (OCNs): oriented spanning trees reproducing all scaling features characteristic of real, natural river networks. As such, they can be used in a variety of numerical experiments in the fields of hydrology, ecology and epidemiology. See Carraro et al. (2020) for a presentation of the package; Rinaldo et al. (2014) for a theoretical overview on the OCN concept; Furrer and Sain (2010) for the construct used.

Algebraic Tools for the Analysis of Multiple Social Networks

Algebraic procedures for analyses of multiple social networks are delivered with this package as described in Ostoic (2020) . 'multiplex' makes possible, among other things, to create and manipulate multiplex, multimode, and multilevel network data with different formats. Effective ways are available to treat multiple networks with routines that combine algebraic systems like the partially ordered semigroup with decomposition procedures or semiring structures with the relational bundles occurring in different types of multivariate networks. 'multiplex' provides also an algebraic approach for affiliation networks through Galois derivations between families of the pairs of subsets in the two domains of the network with visualization options.

Import and Analyse Ego-Centered Network Data

Tools for importing, analyzing and visualizing ego-centered network data. Supports several data formats, including the export formats of 'EgoNet', 'EgoWeb 2.0' and 'openeddi'. An interactive (shiny) app for the intuitive visualization of ego-centered networks is provided. Also included are procedures for creating and visualizing Clustered Graphs (Lerner 2008 ).

Network Meta-Analysis Using Bayesian Methods

Network meta-analyses (mixed treatment comparisons) in the Bayesian framework using JAGS. Includes methods to assess heterogeneity and inconsistency, and a number of standard visualizations. van Valkenhoef et al. (2012) ; van Valkenhoef et al. (2015) .