make.cm {LoopAnalyst} | R Documentation |
Make and validate a new community matrix by soliciting the number of parameters, parameter names and interactions between each.
make.cm(n)
n |
an integer value denoting the number of parameters modeled by the community matrix. The minimum number of parameters is 2. If left unspecified, make.cm will prompt for the number of parameters. |
make.cm prompts the user for the number of parameters (if not specified as an option), parameter names, and the qualitative signifier (-1, 0, or 1) of direct causal effect from and to each parameter.
a labeled (-1,0,1) square matrix.
Alexis Dinno http://www.doyenne.com/LoopAnalyst/
Puccia, C. J. and Levins, R. (1986) Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems: An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
## assign a community matrix ## Not run: CM <- make.cm(4)