backbone: Extracts the Backbone from Networks
An implementation of methods for extracting a sparse unweighted network (i.e. a backbone) from an unweighted network (e.g., Hamann et al., 2016 <doi:10.1007/s13278-016-0332-2>), a weighted network (e.g., Serrano et al., 2009 <doi:10.1073/pnas.0808904106>), or a weighted projection (e.g., Neal et al., 2021 <doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03238-3>).
| Version: | 3.0.0 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.5) |
| Imports: | igraph, Matrix, methods, stats, Rcpp, utils |
| LinkingTo: | Rcpp |
| Suggests: | knitr, rmarkdown, tinytest |
| Published: | 2025-09-15 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.backbone |
| Author: | Zachary Neal 
[aut, cre],
Rachel Domagalski [ctb],
Bruce Sagan [ctb],
Karl Godard [ctb] |
| Maintainer: | Zachary Neal <zpneal at msu.edu> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/zpneal/backbone/issues |
| License: | GPL-3 |
| URL: | https://www.zacharyneal.com/backbone, https://github.com/zpneal/backbone |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| Citation: | backbone citation info |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| In views: | GraphicalModels, NetworkAnalysis |
| CRAN checks: | backbone results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | backbone.html , backbone.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
Introduction to Backbone (source, R code) Empirical Example of Backbone Extraction: The 108^th^ U.S. Senate (source, R code) Backbone Unit Tests (source, R code) |
Downloads:
| Package source: | backbone_3.0.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: backbone_2.1.5.zip, r-release: backbone_2.1.5.zip, r-oldrel: backbone_2.1.5.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): backbone_3.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): backbone_3.0.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): backbone_3.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): backbone_3.0.0.tgz |
| Old sources: | backbone archive |
Reverse dependencies:
| Reverse imports: | GeneTonic |
| Reverse suggests: | incidentally |
Linking:
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