backbone: Extracts the Backbone from Networks

An implementation of methods for extracting a sparse unweighted network (i.e. a backbone) from an unweighted network (e.g., Hamann et al., 2016 <doi:10.1007/s13278-016-0332-2>), a weighted network (e.g., Serrano et al., 2009 <doi:10.1073/pnas.0808904106>), or a weighted projection (e.g., Neal et al., 2021 <doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03238-3>).

Version:	3.0.3
Depends:	R (≥ 3.5)
Imports:	graphics, igraph, Matrix, methods, stats, Rcpp, utils
LinkingTo:	Rcpp
Suggests:	knitr, rmarkdown, tinytest
Published:	2025-12-08
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.backbone
Author:	Zachary Neal [aut, cre], Rachel Domagalski [ctb], Bruce Sagan [ctb], Karl Godard [ctb]
Maintainer:	Zachary Neal <zpneal at msu.edu>
BugReports:	https://github.com/zpneal/backbone/issues
License:	GPL-3
URL:	https://www.zacharyneal.com/backbone, https://github.com/zpneal/backbone
NeedsCompilation:	yes
Citation:	backbone citation info
Materials:	README, NEWS
In views:	GraphicalModels, NetworkAnalysis
CRAN checks:	backbone results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	backbone.html , backbone.pdf
Vignettes:	Introduction to Backbone (source, R code) Empirical Example of Backbone Extraction: The 108^th^ U.S. Senate (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source:	backbone_3.0.3.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: backbone_3.0.3.zip, r-release: backbone_3.0.3.zip, r-oldrel: backbone_3.0.3.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): backbone_3.0.3.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): backbone_3.0.3.tgz, r-release (x86_64): backbone_3.0.3.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): backbone_3.0.3.tgz
Old sources:	backbone archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:	GeneTonic
Reverse suggests:	incidentally

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