possDe function

Find possible descendants of given node(s).

In a DAG, CPDAG, MAG or PAG determine which nodes are (possible) descendants of x on definite status or just any paths potentially avoiding given nodes on the paths.

possDe(m, x, y = NULL, possible = TRUE, ds = TRUE,
type = c("cpdag", "pdag", "dag", "mag", "pag"))

Arguments

• m: Adjacency matrix in coding according to type.
• x: Node positions of starting nodes.
• y: Node positions of nodes through which a path must not go.
• possible: If TRUE, possible descendents are returned.
• ds: If TRUE, only paths of definite status are considered.
• type: Type of adjacency matrix in m. The coding is according to amatType.

Details

Not all possible combinations of the arguments are currently implemented and will issue an error if called.

Returns

Vector of all node positions found as (possible) descendents of the nodes in x.

Author(s)

Markus Kalisch

See Also

amatType

Examples

## a -> b -- c
amat <- matrix(c(0,1,0, 0,0,1, 0,1,0), 3,3)
colnames(amat) <- rownames(amat) <- letters[1:3]
if (require(Rgraphviz)) plot(as(t(amat), "graphNEL"))

possDe(m = amat, x = 1, possible = TRUE, ds = FALSE, type = "pdag") ## all nodes
possDe(m = amat, x = 1, possible = FALSE, ds = FALSE, type = "pdag") ## only nodes 1 and 2
possDe(m = amat, x = 1, y = 2, possible = TRUE, ds = FALSE, type = "pdag") ## only node 1