This term serves as an intercept term, is included by
default (though, as in lm
, it can be excluded by
adding +0
or -1
into the model formula). It adds
one covariate to the model, for which x[i,j]=1
for all
i
and j
.
It can be used explicitly to set prior mean and variance for the intercept term.
This term differs from the ergm
's
edges-ergmTerm
term if the network has self-loops.
Important: This term works in latentnet's ergmm()
only. Using it in ergm()
will result in an error.
# binary: 1(mean=0, var=9)# binary: Intercept(mean=0, var=9)
# binary: intercept(mean=0, var=9)
# valued: 1(mean=0, var=9)
# valued: Intercept(mean=0, var=9)
# valued: intercept(mean=0, var=9)
prior mean and variance.
ergmTerm
for index of model terms currently visible to the package.
ergm:::.formatTermKeywords("ergmTerm", "Intercept", "subsection")