Initialize a Network Class Object

Create and initialize a network object with n vertices.

Usage

network.initialize(
  n,
  directed = TRUE,
  hyper = FALSE,
  loops = FALSE,
  multiple = FALSE,
  bipartite = FALSE
)

n: the number of vertices to initialize
directed: logical; should edges be interpreted as directed?
hyper: logical; are hyperedges allowed?
loops: logical; should loops be allowed?
multiple: logical; are multiplex edges allowed?
bipartite: count; should the network be interpreted as bipartite? If present (i.e., non-NULL) it is the count of the number of actors in the first mode of the bipartite network. In this case, the overall number of vertices is equal to the number of 'actors' (first mode) plus the number of `events' (second mode), with the vertex.ids of all actors preceeding all events. The edges are then interpreted as nondirected.

An object of class network

Generally, network.initialize is called by other constructor functions as part of the process of creating a network.

Butts, C. T. (2008). “network: a Package for Managing Relational Data in R.” Journal of Statistical Software, 24(2). doi:10.18637/jss.v024.i02

Carter T. Butts buttsc@uci.edu


g<-network.initialize(5)  #Create an empty graph on 5 vertices