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Hi Michael,

I programmed in R some of the algorithms including the Jackson & Rogers 
model for my Social Networks course. Please have a look at the course 
website:

http://merlin.fae.ua.es/vanderleij/socialnetworks_0809/index.htm

in particular the file gennetw.R, Homework Set 6 and its solution program.

A disclaimer, though. Feel free to use any files on the site (with the 
appropriate acknowledgements, of course), but be aware that I haven't tested 
it sufficiently for general use. If you find any mistakes or have any 
doubts, then please let me know, such that I can update the files.

Kind regards,
Marco

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:28:37 +0200, Haenlein, Michael wrote
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> Dear colleagues,
> 
> For a research project I'm currently working on, I need to generate 
> a large number of random graphs. Currently, I'm doing this using the 
> "igraph" library within the R computing environment and specifically 
> the functions "erdos.renyi.game" and "watts.strogatz.game". The 
> problem is, however, that neither an Erdos-Renyi random graph nor a 
> Watts-Strogatz small world graph have the same set of 
> characteristics than real life social networks.
> 
> For this reason, I'd like to try out a different method, namely the 
> one described in a paper by Matthew Jackson and Brian Rogers 
> ("Meeting strangers and friends of friends: How random are social 
> networks"), published in the American Economic Review (Vol. 97, No. 
> 3) in June 2007. I have a Mathematica code that is able to generate 
> random graphs consistent with this model, but my knowledge of 
> Mathematica is rather limited. Additionally, I'm running my main 
> analysis in R, which means that at the moment I'm generating graphs 
> in Mathematica, export them to a txt file and import them again into 
> R. Evidently, this process is quite manual and tedious.
> 
> My question is therefore whether anyone knows of a code within the R 
> computing environment that is able to generate random graphs 
> consistent with the Jackson & Rogers model. Alternatively, it there 
> is some way to call Mathematica within R that would be helpful as well.
> 
> Thanks very much for letting me know,
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael Haenlein
> Professor of Marketing
> ESCP Europe - The School of Management for Europe
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