Package: backbone 3.0.4

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>).

Authors:Zachary Neal [aut, cre], Rachel Domagalski [ctb], Bruce Sagan [ctb], Karl Godard [ctb]

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NEWS

# Install 'backbone' in R:
install.packages('backbone', repos = c('https://zpneal.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/zpneal/backbone/issues

Uses libs:
  • c++– GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Datasets:
  • senate108 - Bill sponsorship in the 108th U.S. Senate

On CRAN:

Conda:

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Last updated from:a6ef2804b3. Checks:13 OK. Indexed: yes.

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Exports:backbonebackbone_from_projectionbackbone_from_unweightedbackbone_from_weightedbicmdisparityfastballfdsmfixedcolfixedfillfixedrowlansmlfsdsm

Dependencies:clicpp11glueigraphlatticelifecyclemagrittrMatrixpkgconfigRcpprlangvctrs

Empirical Example of Backbone Extraction: The 108^th^ U.S. Senate

Rendered fromsenate.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 21 2026.

Last update: 2026-05-21
Started: 2025-09-17

Introduction to Backbone

Rendered frombackbone.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdownon May 21 2026.

Last update: 2026-05-21
Started: 2020-05-19