enumerate.paths {LoopAnalyst}R Documentation

Enumerates all Paths from i to j in a Community Matrix

Description

Enumerates a list of all paths from variable i to variable j in a community matrix after first validating that CM is a community matrix.

Usage

enumerate.paths(CM,i,j)

Arguments

CM A community matrix.
i,j variables in the community matrix CM. Variables may be specified by their names or numbers (i.e. the row/column number corresponding to a specific variable).

Details

The returned list of paths contains each path from i to j in CM in breadth-first search order). Each element in a path is represented by its variable number.

Value

A list of paths.

Author(s)

Alexis Dinno http://www.doyenne.com/LoopAnalyst/

References

Puccia, C. J. and Levins, R. (1986) Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems: An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

See Also

make.cm.

Examples

## assess community matrix
data(cm.levins)
enumerate.paths(cm.levins,2,4)

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