Generating and Iterating Complex Networks

complexNet provides functions to easily generate and iterate complex networks. These networks rely on socially inherited and random connections to members of a population, as presented by Ilany & Akcay (2016). Their modelling framework has been shown to generate realistic networks with a wide range of different clustering, density, and average path length. In Smolla & Akcay (2019) we have used the same algorithms to generate networks and have them dynamically evolve.

Installation

# Install release version from CRAN
install.packages("complexNet")
# Install development version from GitHub
devtools::install_github("marcosmolla/complexNet")

What are complex networks?

The general idea of complex networks (in the sense of this package) is that each individual of a group has a set of parameters that determines its probability to share an edge with certain subsets of the population. The most common version differentiates three subsets: the parent, the direct network neighbours of the parent, and everyone else. The probability to form a connection with the parent is given by the probability