ITNblock_plot function

ITN Blockmodel Plot

This function calculates block membership for the ITN and then plots the network, with node colour according to block membership.

ITNblock_plot(gs, LABEL)

Arguments

• gs: International Trade Network - igraph object
• LABEL: Should labels be present - TRUE/FALSE

Returns

Network Plot - nodes coloured based on block membership

Examples

require(igraph)
require(sna)
require(intergraph)

##Create random International Trade Network (igraph object)
ITN<-erdos.renyi.game(75,0.05,directed = TRUE)

##Add edge weights
E(ITN)$weight<-runif(ecount(ITN), 0, 1)

##Blockmodel plot
block_plot<-ITNblock_plot(ITN,FALSE)