SemNeT (version 1.4.4)

PF: Pathfinder Network

Description

Estimates a pathfinder network using the MST-Pathfinder Network method from Quirin et al. (2008; see also Schvaneveldt, 1990)

Usage

PF(data)

Value

An adjacency matrix

Arguments

data

Matrix or data frame. A binary response matrix

Author

Alexander Christensen <[e-mail]>

References

Quirin, A., Cordon, O., Guerrero-Bote, V. P., Vargas-Quesada, B., & Moya-Aneon, F. (2008) A quick MST-based algorithm to obtain Pathfinder networks (Inf, n-1). Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59, 1912-1924.

Schvaneveldt, R. W. (1990). Pathfinder associative networks: Studies in knowledge organization. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing.

Examples

# Obtain data
data <- open.binary

# Estimate network
pf.net <- PF(data)