graph.cm {LoopAnalyst}R Documentation

Graph a Community Matrix

Description

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

Usage

graph.cm(CM, file)

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).

Details

This function outputs a dot file for use with graphviz or similar graph layout package to visually represent the community matrix system.

Author(s)

Alexis Dinno http://www.doyenne.com/LoopAnalyst/

References

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

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

See Also

make.cm.

Examples

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

[Package LoopAnalyst version 1.0-3 Index]