xnet function

Network embedding

Compute an embedding of a sociomatrix into a two-dimensional space.

xnet(
  Y,
  fm = try(requireNamespace("network", quietly = TRUE), silent = TRUE),
  seed = 1
)

Arguments

• Y: (square matrix) The sociomatrix.
• fm: (logical scalar) If TRUE, the Fruchterman-Reingold layout will be used (requires the network package).
• seed: (integer) The random seed (the FR layout is random).

Returns

(matrix) A matrix of two-dimensional coordinates.

Details

Coordinates are obtained using the Fruchterman-Reingold layout if the package network is installed, and otherwise uses the first two eigenvectors the sociomatrix.

Examples

data(addhealthc3) 
Y<-addhealthc3$Y
X<-xnet(Y) 
netplot(Y,X)

Author(s)

Peter Hoff