/infomap_ecology_package

Package with functions to handle network data and run Infomap, inspired by ecological networks

Primary LanguageR

Project Status: Active - The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.

๐Ÿ‘‹ About

This repository contains the code for the R package infomapecology. infomapecology is an R package with functions that prepare monolayer and multilayer networks for analysis with Infomap, run Infomap from within R and parse the results back to R. It is inspired by analysis of ecological networks but is suitable for other areas of research as well.

๐Ÿ“„ Paper and citing

Farage, C., D. Edler, A. Eklรถf, M. Rosvall, and S. Pilosof. Identifying flow modules in ecological networks using Infomap. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2021. DOI:10.1111/2041-210X.13569. Please cite the paper when implementing the guidelines we describe or when using the package, this helps us a lot!

๐Ÿ’š Acknowledgements

This work was supported by:

  • Israel Science Foundation (grant 1281/20) to Shai Pilosof.
  • Swedish Research Council (grant no. 2016-00796) to Martin Rosvall.
  • Swedish Research Council (grant no. 2016-04919) to Anna Eklof.

๐Ÿ“ฆ Installation

Current installation uses devtools. Instructions: https://ecological-complexity-lab.github.io/infomap_ecology_package/installation

๐ŸŒ Website

Complete instructions for installation and many examples are in https://ecological-complexity-lab.github.io/infomap_ecology_package/.