%0 Journal Article %1 bender-demol2007prototype %A Bender-deMol, Skye %A Morris, Martina %A Moody, James %D 2007 %J Journal of Statistical Software %K code data evolution methodology network-analysis social theory %N 7 %P 1--36 %T Prototype Packages for Managing and Animating Longitudinal Network Data: dynamicnetwork and rSoNIA %V 24 %X Work with longitudinal network survey data and the dynamic network outputs of the statnet ERGMs has demonstrated the need for consistent frameworks and data structures for expressing, storing, and manipulating information about networks that change in time. Motivated by our requirements for exchanging data among researchers and various analy- sis and visualization processes, we have created an R package dynamicnetwork that builds upon previous work in the network, statnet and sna packages and provides a limited func- tional implementation. This paper discusses design issues and considerations, describes classes and forms of dynamic data, and works through several examples to demonstrate the utility of the package. The functionality of the rSoNIA package that uses dynamic- network to exchange data with the Social Network Image Animator (SoNIA) software to create animated movies of changing networks from within R is also demonstrated. %Z Very useful tool to model dynamic systems. Alternative to packages such as NetLogo (?)

@article{bender-demol2007prototype, abstract = {Work with longitudinal network survey data and the dynamic network outputs of the statnet ERGMs has demonstrated the need for consistent frameworks and data structures for expressing, storing, and manipulating information about networks that change in time. Motivated by our requirements for exchanging data among researchers and various analy- sis and visualization processes, we have created an R package dynamicnetwork that builds upon previous work in the network, statnet and sna packages and provides a limited func- tional implementation. This paper discusses design issues and considerations, describes classes and forms of dynamic data, and works through several examples to demonstrate the utility of the package. The functionality of the rSoNIA package that uses dynamic- network to exchange data with the Social Network Image Animator (SoNIA) software to create animated movies of changing networks from within R is also demonstrated.}, accepted = {2007-12-25}, added-at = {2010-03-10T16:42:41.000+0100}, annote = {Very useful tool to model dynamic systems. Alternative to packages such as NetLogo (?)}, author = {Bender-deMol, Skye and Morris, Martina and Moody, James}, bdsk-file-1 = {YnBsaXN0MDDUAQIDBAUIJidUJHRvcFgkb2JqZWN0c1gkdmVyc2lvblkkYXJjaGl2ZXLRBgdUcm9vdIABqAkKFRYXGyIjVSRudWxs0wsMDQ4RFFpOUy5vYmplY3RzV05TLmtleXNWJGNsYXNzog8QgASABqISE4ACgAOAB1lhbGlhc0RhdGFccmVsYXRpdmVQYXRo0hgNGRpXTlMuZGF0YU8RAi4AAAAAAi4AAgAABk1hcnZpbgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMWkgZRIKwAAAGzLVh9CZW5kZXItZGVNb2xNb3JyaXNNb29keTIwMDcucGRmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAbMvTxoy0TQAAAAAAAAAAAAEABAAACSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXQmVuZGVyLWRlTW9sTW9ycmlzTW9vZHkAABAACAAAxaTH5AAAABEACAAAxozsjQAAAAEAGABsy1YAFfbVABX20gAV650AEP1OAAB8UwACAHBNYXJ2aW46VXNlcnM6anJlbm5zdGljaDpEcm9wYm94OkJpYmxpb2dyYXBoeTpBdHRhY2htZW50czpCZW5kZXItZGVNb2xNb3JyaXNNb29keTpCZW5kZXItZGVNb2xNb3JyaXNNb29keTIwMDcucGRmAA4AQAAfAEIAZQBuAGQAZQByAC0AZABlAE0AbwBsAE0AbwByAHIAaQBzAE0AbwBvAGQAeQAyADAAMAA3AC4AcABkAGYADwAOAAYATQBhAHIAdgBpAG4AEgBpVXNlcnMvanJlbm5zdGljaC9Ecm9wYm94L0JpYmxpb2dyYXBoeS9BdHRhY2htZW50cy9CZW5kZXItZGVNb2xNb3JyaXNNb29keS9CZW5kZXItZGVNb2xNb3JyaXNNb29keTIwMDcucGRmAAATAAEvAAAVAAIAEf//AACABdIcHR4fWCRjbGFzc2VzWiRjbGFzc25hbWWjHyAhXU5TTXV0YWJsZURhdGFWTlNEYXRhWE5TT2JqZWN0XxBDQXR0YWNobWVudHMvQmVuZGVyLWRlTW9sTW9ycmlzTW9vZHkvQmVuZGVyLWRlTW9sTW9ycmlzTW9vZHkyMDA3LnBkZtIcHSQloiUhXE5TRGljdGlvbmFyeRIAAYagXxAPTlNLZXllZEFyY2hpdmVyAAgAEQAWAB8AKAAyADUAOgA8AEUASwBSAF0AZQBsAG8AcQBzAHYAeAB6AHwAhgCTAJgAoALSAtQC2QLiAu0C8QL/AwYDDwNVA1oDXQNqA28AAAAAAAACAQAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADgQ==}, bdsk-url-1 = {http://www.jstatsoft.org/v24/i07}, bibdate = {2007-12-25}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20955dfc5fe17302662041b0728079198/jrennstich}, coden = {JSSOBK}, date-added = {2009-07-22 12:19:39 -0400}, date-modified = {2010-02-28 22:20:12 -0500}, day = 25, interhash = {4c1c61708ec0c6cb3b08d955a3017d6e}, intrahash = {0955dfc5fe17302662041b0728079198}, issn = {1548-7660}, journal = {Journal of Statistical Software}, keywords = {code data evolution methodology network-analysis social theory}, month = {12}, number = 7, pages = {1--36}, read = {Yes}, submitted = {2007-06-01}, timestamp = {2010-03-10T16:42:42.000+0100}, title = {Prototype Packages for Managing and Animating Longitudinal Network Data: {dynamicnetwork} and {rSoNIA}}, volume = 24, year = 2007 }