curriculum_graph_from_csv {CurricularAnalytics}

Create Curriculum From CSV File

Description

Generates a curriculum graph from a csv file.

Usage

curriculum_graph_from_csv(filepath)

Arguments

filepath

A csv file path with a table where each row is a course and the columns are as follows:

• id: an integer id for the course

• label: a string with the name of the course

• term: an integer specifying what term the course is to be taken

• requisites: a list of all pre- and co-requisite course ids of the form 1;2;3;...

Value

A list that contains the following:

node_list

A dataframe of course nodes containing their id, term, blocking factor (bf), delay factor (df), centrality (cf), and cruciality (sc)

edge_list

A dataframe with two columns 'from' and 'to' specifying directed edges starting at 'from' nodes directed towards 'to' nodes.

network

Igraph network object representing the curriculum graph

sc_total

Total structural complexity of the curriculum graph

bf_total

Total blocking factor of the curriculum graph

df_total

Total delay factor of the curriculum graph

Examples

# Have filepath point to a csv of the following form
#id	label	term	requisites
#1	MATH 100	1
#2	DATA 101	1
#3	MATH 101	2	1
#4	MATH 221	2	3
#5	STAT 230	3	3;2
filepath <-
system.file("extdata", "Example-Curriculum.csv", package = "CurricularAnalytics")
C <- curriculum_graph_from_csv(filepath)
plot_curriculum_graph(C)