Temporal Exponential Random Graph Models (TERGMs) for dynamic network modeling in statnet

1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. A quick review of static ERGMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. An Introduction to STERGMs (non-technical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. An Introduction to STERGMs (more formal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5. Notes on model specification and syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. Example 1: Multiple network cross-sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. Example 2: One network cross section and durational information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8. networkDynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9. Visualizing dynamic networks using ndtv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10. Independence within and across time steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 11. Example 3: Approximation with long durations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 12. Example 4: Simulation driven by egocentric data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13. Additional functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Last updated: June 19, 2015 [//]: (Last updated 06-19-2015) This tutorial is a joint product of the Statnet Development Team: Mark S. Handcock (University of California, Los Angeles) Carter T. Butts (University of California, Irvine) David R. Hunter (Penn State University) Steven M. Goodreau (University of Washington) Skye Bender de-Moll (Oakland) Pavel N. Krivitsky (University of Wollongong) Martina Morris (University of Washington) For general questions and comments, please refer to statnet users group and mailing list http://statnet.csde.washington.edu/statnet_users_group.shtml