get.backbone {ITNr}

get.backbone

Description

This function extracts the backbone of a network

Usage

get.backbone(G, alpha, directed = TRUE)

Arguments

G

igraph network

alpha

Significance level

directed

Default is TRUE

Value

Backbone of the network

References

Serrano, M. Á., Boguñá, M. and Vespignani, A. (2009) Extracting the multiscale backbone of complex weighted networks, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(16), pp. 6483–6488.

Examples

require(igraph)

##Create a random (directed) network
gs<-erdos.renyi.game(50,0.2,directed = TRUE)

##Add edge weights to the network
E(gs)$weight<-runif(ecount(gs), 0, 1)

##Extract backbone at 0.05 significance level
backbone<-get.backbone(gs,0.1)