submatrix {LoopAnalyst}

A Five-Variable Sub-Matrix of the First Five Variables of Dambacher's Matrix

Description

This dataset represents a subset of the causal relationships defining Dambacher's five-variable system. Specifically, it contains the first five variables of the dataset cm.dambacher.

Usage

data(submatrix)

Format

A 5 by 5 (-1, 0, 1) matrix. The matrix is interpreted as the jth variable has the direct causal effect a[i,j] on i.

References

Dambacher, J. M. and Li, H. W. and Rossignol, P. A. (2002) Relevance of community structure in assessing indeterminacy of ecological predictions. Ecology, 83(5),1372–1385. <doi:10.2307/3071950>.

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>.