Bayesian Analysis of the Network Autocorrelation Model.

BANAM: Bayesian Analysis of the Network Autocorrelation Model

R package for Bayesian Analysis of the Network Autocorrelation Model. The methodology is based on:

Dittrich, D., Leenders, R.Th.A.J., & Mulder, J. (2017). Bayesian estimation of the network autocorrelation model. Social Network, 48, 213–236. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2016.09.002

Dittrich, D., Leenders, R.Th.A.J., & Mulder, J. (2019). Network autocorrelation modeling: A Bayes factor approach for testing (multiple) precise and interval hypotheses. Sociological Methods & Research, 48, 642-676. doi:10.1177/0049124117729712

Dittrich, D., Leenders, R.Th.A.J., & Mulder, J. (2020). Network Autocorrelation Modeling: Bayesian Techniques for Estimating and Testing Multiple Network Autocorrelations. Sociological Methodology, 50, 168–214. doi:10.1177/0081175020913899

Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (June, 1991)

Installation

You can install BANAM from github with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jomulder/BANAM")

Basic example

library("BANAM")
library("sna")
library("BFpack")

# Generate data
set.seed(3)
n <- 50
d1 <- .1
Wadj1 <- sna::rgraph(n, tprob=d1, mode="graph")
W1 <- sna::make.stochastic(Wadj1, mode="row")
d2 <- .3
Wadj2 <- sna::rgraph(n, tprob=d2, mode="graph")
W2 <- sna::make.stochastic(Wadj2, mode="row")
# set rho, beta, sigma2, and generate y
rho1 <- 0
rho2 <- .4
K <- 3
beta <- rnorm(K)
sigma2 <- 1
X <- matrix(c(rep(1, n), rnorm(n*(K-1))), nrow=n, ncol=K)
y <- c(solve(diag(n) - rho1*W1 - rho2*W2)%*%(X%*%beta + rnorm(n)))

# Bayesian estimation of a NAM with a single weight matrix
best1 <- banam(y,X,W1)
print(best1)

# Bayesian estimation of a NAM with two weight matrices
best2 <- banam(y,X,W=list(W1,W2))
print(best2)

# Bayesian hypothesis testing of equality/order constraints on network
# autocorrelation parameters
BFbest2 <- BF(best2,hypothesis="rho1>rho2>0; rho1=rho2>0; rho1=rho2=0")
print(BFbest2)