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Using R to Build and Assess Network Models in Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2011

G. Hartvigsen
G. Hartvigsen*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454 USA
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⋆ Corresponding author. E-mail: hartvig@geneseo.edu
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Abstract

In this paper we build and analyze networks using the statistical and programming environment R and the igraph package. We investigate random, small-world, and scale-free networks and test a standard problem of connectivity on a random graph. We then develop a method to study how vaccination can alter the structure of a disease transmission network. We also discuss a variety of other uses for networks in biology.

Keywords

networksgraph theoryRigraphmodeling disease dynamics
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena , Volume 6 , Issue 6: Biomathematics Education , 2011 , pp. 61 - 75
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© EDP Sciences, 2011

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