Generation and applications of simulated datasets to integrate social network and demographic analyses.

ABSTRACT: Social networks are tied to population dynamics; interactions are driven by population density and demographic structure, while social relationships can be key determinants of survival and reproductive success. However, difficulties integrating models used in demography and network analysis have limited research at this interface. We introduce the R package genNetDem for simulating integrated network-demographic datasets. It can be used to create longitudinal social network and/or capture-recapture datasets with known properties. It incorporates the ability to generate populations and their social networks, generate grouping events using these networks, simulate social network effects on individual survival, and flexibly sample these longitudinal datasets of social associations. By generat

SUBMITTER: Silk MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature