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ergm: A Package to Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks

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Hunter, David R., Handcock, Mark S., Butts, Carter T., Goodreau, Steven M., Morris, Martina·2008·Journal of Statistical Software

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We describe some of the capabilities of the ergm package and the statistical theory underlying it. This package contains tools for accomplishing three important, and interrelated, tasks involving exponential-family random graph models (ERGMs): estimation, simulation, and goodness of fit. More precisely, ergm has the capability of approximating a maximum likelihood estimator for an ERGM given a network data set; simulating new network data sets from a fitted ERGM using Markov chain Monte Carlo; and assessing how well a fitted ERGM does at capturing characteristics of a particular network data set.

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Authors
Hunter, D. R., Handcock, M. S., Butts, C. T., Goodreau, S. M., & Morris, M.
Venue
Journal of Statistical Software
Published
2008
Volume
24
Issue
3
Pages
nihpa54860-nihpa54860
ISSN
1548-7660 (ISSN-L)
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journal article
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en
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Hunter, D. R., Handcock, M. S., Butts, C. T., Goodreau, S. M., & Morris, M. (2008). ergm: A Package to Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks. Journal of Statistical Software. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v024.i03

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