graph.cm {LoopAnalyst}

Graph a Community Matrix

Description

Represents a community matrix as a signed digraph in the dot language.

Usage

graph.cm(CM, file, color="bw")

Arguments

CM

a community matrix to be graphed.

file

a connection or a character string giving the name of the dot file (should have a .dot suffix).

color

select which color mode to graph the system: bw, color, or greyscale. Default bw is black and white.

Details

This function outputs a dot file for use with graphviz or similar graph layout package to visually represent the community matrix system. The color options color and greyscale assist in graph readability when there are a large number of nodes and connections between them.

Author(s)

Alexis Dinno ([e-mail])

Please contact me with any questions, bug reports or suggestions for improvement. Fixing bugs will be facilitated by sending along:

[1]	a copy of your relevant R data file (de-labeled or anonymized is fine),
[2]	a copy of the command syntax used, and
[3]	a copy of the exact output of the command.

https://alexisdinno.com/LoopAnalyst/

References

Gansner, E., Koutsofios, E. and North, S. (2002) Drawing graphs with dot. https://www.graphviz.org

Puccia, C. J. and Levins, R. (1986) Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems: An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. <doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674435070>.

See Also

make.cm.

Examples

## graph a community matrix
data(cm.levins) 
graph.cm(cm.levins, file="levins.dot") 

## graph a community matrix
data(cm.dambacher) 
graph.cm(cm.dambacher, file="dambacher.dot", color="color")