Hints for Temporal Exponential Family Random Graph Models

Description

This page describes the hints and network sample space constraints that are included with the tergm package. For more information, and instructions for using hints and constraints, see ergm-hints and ergm.

Hints implemented in the tergm package

discord

The Dynamic Discordance Hint: Propose toggling discordant dyads with greater frequency (typically about 50 percent). May be used in dynamic fitting and simulation.

References

Krivitsky PN and Handcock MS (2014) A Separable Model for Dynamic Networks. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 76(1): 29-46. doi: 10.1111/rssb.12014

Goodreau SM, Handcock MS, Hunter DR, Butts CT, Morris M (2008a). A statnet Tutorial. Journal of Statistical Software, 24(8). https://www.jstatsoft.org/v24/i08/.

Hunter, D. R. and Handcock, M. S. (2006) Inference in curved exponential family models for networks, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.

Hunter DR, Handcock MS, Butts CT, Goodreau SM, Morris M (2008b). ergm: A Package to Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks. Journal of Statistical Software, 24(3). https://www.jstatsoft.org/v24/i03/.

Krivitsky PN (2012). Exponential-Family Random Graph Models for Valued Networks. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 2012, 6, 1100-1128. doi: 10.1214/12-EJS696

Morris M, Handcock MS, Hunter DR (2008). Specification of Exponential-Family Random Graph Models: Terms and Computational Aspects. Journal of Statistical Software, 24(4). https://www.jstatsoft.org/v24/i04/.