Table of Contents | Introduction | Data | Extracting from a weighted projection | Extracting from a weighted network | Extracting from an unweighted network | Lessons | References
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>).
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manual.pdf |manual.html✨
DESCRIPTION |NEWS
card.svg |card.png
backbone/json (API)
| # 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
Datasets:
- senate108 - Bill sponsorship in the 108th U.S. Senate
Last updated from:a6ef2804b3. Checks:15 OK. Indexed: yes.
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| source / vignettes | OK | 169 | ||
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| linux-release-x86_64 | OK | 121 | ||
| macos-release-arm64 | OK | 257 | ||
| macos-release-x86_64 | OK | 348 | ||
| macos-oldrel-arm64 | OK | 234 | ||
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| windows-devel-arm64 | OK | 334 | ||
| windows-devel-x86_64 | OK | 128 | ||
| windows-release-arm64 | OK | 338 | ||
| windows-release-x86_64 | OK | 108 | ||
| windows-oldrel-x86_64 | OK | 103 | ||
| wasm-release | OK | 96 |
Exports:backbonebackbone_from_projectionbackbone_from_unweightedbackbone_from_weightedbicmdisparityfastballfdsmfixedcolfixedfillfixedrowlansmlfsdsm
Dependencies:clicpp11glueigraphlatticelifecyclemagrittrMatrixpkgconfigRcpprlangvctrs
Empirical Example of Backbone Extraction: The 108^th^ U.S. Senate
Last update: 2026-05-21
Started: 2025-09-17
Introduction to Backbone
Table of Contents | Introduction | Welcome | Installing and loading the package | Package overview | Supported data formats | tl;dr (the backbone() wrapper) | Weighted networks | Background | Structural models | Statistical models | Weighted projections | Background [@neal2014backbone] | Statistical models | Unweighted networks | Background | Structural models | Advanced functions | Backbone objects | Signed backbones | Custom backbones | Utility functions | Matrix randomization | Bipartite Configuration Model (BiCM) | References
Last update: 2026-05-21
Started: 2020-05-19
Readme and manuals
Help Manual
| Help page | Topics |
|---|---|
| Extract the backbone from a network | backbone |
| Extract the backbone from a weighted bipartite or hypgergraph projection | backbone_from_projection |
| Extract the backbone from an unweighted, undirected network | backbone_from_unweighted |
| Extract the backbone from a weighted network | backbone_from_weighted |
| Bipartite Configuration Model | bicm |
| Randomize a binary matrix using the fastball algorithm | fastball |
| Bill sponsorship in the 108th U.S. Senate | senate108 |