nwgen

Network extensions to generate

Syntax

nwgen newvar = netfcn1(arguments) [, options]
nwgen newnetname = netfcn2(arguments) [, options]
nwgen newnetname = netexp [if] [, options]
		
where the options are also fcn dependent.

Description

These are network extensions to generate. The command is very similar to egen and allows producing either variables or networks. There are basically three ways to use this commands: 1) produce Stata variables with some function netfcn1, 2) produce networks with some function netfnc2, 3) produce networks with an expression netexp. A network expression is very similar to normal expressions in Stata.

Examples

Generate a per-node variable with a network function:

. nwwebuse florentine, nwclear
. nwgen mydeg = degree(flomarriage)
. list mydeg in 1/5

Generate a new network with a network function:

. nwgen newnet = random(10), prob(.3)
. nwsummarize newnet

Generate a new network with a network expression:

. nwgen bus_marr = flomarriage * flobusiness
. nwsummarize bus_marr, matonly

Supported network types

Not applicable to nwgen itself - a dispatcher/shortcut layer over nwgenerate (and, for mean(alter.srcvar)-style expressions, nwaltergen); the actual directed/valued/two-mode support depends entirely on whichever underlying netfcn1/netfcn2 shortcut or network expression is invoked - see that function’s own help topic.