A toolbox for analyzing and simulating large networks based on hierarchical exponential-family random graph models (HERGMs).’bigergm’ implements the estimation for large networks efficiently building on the ‘lighthergm’ and ‘hergm’ packages. Moreover, the package contains tools for simulating networks with local dependence to assess the goodness-of-fit.
Usage
See the vignette for a detailed introduction to the package.
Installing on Mac OS
Some Mac OS users may encounter the following error when installing bigergm:
This is because clang for Mac OS may not support the -fopenmp flag by default.
To fix this, install llvm from brew:
Then, edit the ~/.R/Makevars file in your machine (if it does not exist, create it) including the following line:
This indicates R that it should use the right clang for compilation. After doing this you should be able to install the library without problems using any of the methods above.
If you still have issues installing bigergm let us know.