%0 Journal Article %1 morris_specification_2008 %A Morris, Martina %A Handcock, Mark S. %A Hunter, David R. %D 2008 %J Journal of statistical software %K Carlo, Markov Monte R, Statistics chain exponential graph model, random %N 4 %P 1548 %T Specification of exponential-family random graph models: terms and computational aspects %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481518/ %V 24 %X Exponential-family random graph models (ERGMs) represent the processes that gov- ern the formation of links in networks through the terms selected by the user. The terms specify network statistics that are sufficient to represent the probability distribution over the space of networks of that size. Many classes of statistics can be used. In this article we describe the classes of statistics that are currently available in the ergm package. We also describe means for controlling the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm that the package uses for estimation. These controls affect either the proposal distribution on the sample space used by the underlying Metropolis-Hastings algorithm or the constraints on the sample space itself. Finally, we describe various other arguments to core functions of the ergm package.

@article{morris_specification_2008, abstract = {Exponential-family random graph models (ERGMs) represent the processes that gov- ern the formation of links in networks through the terms selected by the user. The terms specify network statistics that are sufficient to represent the probability distribution over the space of networks of that size. Many classes of statistics can be used. In this article we describe the classes of statistics that are currently available in the ergm package. We also describe means for controlling the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm that the package uses for estimation. These controls affect either the proposal distribution on the sample space used by the underlying Metropolis-Hastings algorithm or the constraints on the sample space itself. Finally, we describe various other arguments to core functions of the ergm package.}, added-at = {2017-01-09T13:57:26.000+0100}, author = {Morris, Martina and Handcock, Mark S. and Hunter, David R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22c45446cb0c0731e3171a3dd2f7832b3/yourwelcome}, interhash = {eb91999b1dfed386d60e08d01d5fc0f0}, intrahash = {2c45446cb0c0731e3171a3dd2f7832b3}, journal = {Journal of statistical software}, keywords = {Carlo, Markov Monte R, Statistics chain exponential graph model, random}, number = 4, pages = 1548, shorttitle = {Specification of exponential-family random graph models}, timestamp = {2017-01-09T14:01:11.000+0100}, title = {Specification of exponential-family random graph models: terms and computational aspects}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481518/}, urldate = {2013-08-11}, volume = 24, year = 2008 }