Computes the mean distance across a subset of nodes in a network.
This measure can be used to identify the effectiveness of a subset of nodes'
coverage of the network space
Usage
net.coverage(A, nodes, weighted = FALSE)
Arguments
A
An adjacency matrix
nodes
Subset of nodes to examine the coverage of the network
weighted
Is the network weighted?
Defaults to FALSE.
Set to TRUE for weighted measures
Value
Returns a list containing:
mean
The average distance from the subset of nodes to all other nodes in the network
sd
The standard deviation of distance from the subset of nodes to all other nodes in the network
range
The range of distance from the subset of nodes to all other nodes in the network
References
Christensen, A. P., Cotter, K. N., Silvia, P. J., & Benedek, M. (2018)
Scale development via network analysis: A comprehensive and concise measure of Openness to Experience
PsyArXiv, 1-40.