Extracts the Backbone from Graphs

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Documentation for package ‘backbone’ version 2.1.3

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backbone-package	backbone: Extracts the Backbone from Graphs
backbone	backbone: Extracts the Backbone from Graphs
backbone.extract	Extracts a backbone network from a backbone object
backbone.suggest	Suggest a backbone model
bicm	Bipartite Configuration Model
disparity	Extract backbone using the Disparity Filter
fastball	Randomize a binary matrix using the fastball algorithm
fdsm	Extract backbone using the Fixed Degree Sequence Model
fixedcol	Extract backbone using the Fixed Column Model
fixedfill	Extract backbone using the Fixed Fill Model
fixedrow	Extract backbone using the Fixed Row Model
global	Compute global threshold backbone
lans	Extract backbone using Locally Adaptive Network Sparsification
logit	Logit-based probabilities for SDSM
mlf	Extract backbone using the Marginal Likelihood Filter
osdsm	Extract backbone using the Ordinal Stochastic Degree Sequence Model
pb	Poisson binomial distribution function
sdsm	Extract backbone using the Stochastic Degree Sequence Model
sparsify	Extract the backbone from a network using a sparsification model
sparsify.with.geometric	Extract Goldberg and Roth's (2003) Geometric backbone
sparsify.with.gspar	Extract Satuluri et al's (2011) G-spar backbone
sparsify.with.hypergeometric	Extract Goldberg and Roth's (2003) Hypergeometric backbone
sparsify.with.jaccard	Extract Goldberg and Roth's (2003) Jaccard backbone
sparsify.with.localdegree	Extract Hamann et al.'s (2016) Local Degree backbone
sparsify.with.lspar	Extract Satuluri et al's (2011) L-spar backbone
sparsify.with.meetmin	Extract Goldberg and Roth's (2003) MeetMin backbone
sparsify.with.quadrilateral	Extract Nocaj et al.'s (2015) Quadrilateral Simmelian backbone
sparsify.with.simmelian	Extract Nick et al's (2013) Simmelian backbone
sparsify.with.skeleton	Extract Karger's (1999) skeleton backbone