| impact {NetworkToolbox} | R Documentation |
Node Impact
Description
Computes impact measure or how much the average distance in the network changes with that node removed of each node in a network (Please see and cite Kenett et al., 2011)
Usage
impact(A)
Arguments
A |
An adjacency matrix of network data |
Value
A vector of node impact values for each node in the network (impact > 0, greater ASPL when node is removed; impact < 0, lower ASPL when node is removed)
Author(s)
Alexander Christensen <alexpaulchristensen@gmail.com>
References
Cotter, K. N., Christensen, A. P., & Silvia, P. J. (in press). Understanding inner music: A dimensional approach to musical imagery. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
Kenett, Y. N., Kenett, D. Y., Ben-Jacob, E., & Faust, M. (2011). Global and local features of semantic networks: Evidence from the Hebrew mental lexicon. PLoS one, 6, e23912.
Examples
# normal set to FALSE for CRAN tests
A <- TMFG(neoOpen, normal = FALSE)$A
nodeimpact <- impact(A)