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Extracts the Backbone from Networks

v3.0.3 · Dec 8, 2025 · GPL-3

Description

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>).

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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 24, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 20, 2026
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tests

Running 'tinytest.R' [6s]
Running the tests in 'tests/tinytest.R' failed.
Complete output:
  > if ( requireNamespace("tinytest", quietly=TRUE) ){
  +            tinytest::test_package("backbone")
  + }
   ____   backbone v3.0.3
  |  _ \  Cite: Neal, 
...[truncated]...
t_backbone.R...............  416 tests [0;31m1 fails[0m [0;34m5.5s[0m
  ----- FAILED[data]: test_backbone.R<393--393>
   call| expect_true(any(bb %in% c(-1)))
   diff| Expected TRUE, got FALSE
  Error: 1 out of 416 tests failed
  Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Version History

new 3.0.3 Mar 10, 2026
updated 3.0.3 ← 3.0.2 diff Dec 7, 2025
updated 3.0.2 ← 3.0.1 diff Oct 5, 2025
updated 3.0.1 ← 3.0.0 diff Sep 29, 2025
updated 3.0.0 ← 2.1.5 diff Sep 14, 2025
updated 2.1.5 ← 2.1.4 diff Jul 28, 2025
updated 2.1.4 ← 2.1.3 diff May 8, 2024
updated 2.1.3 ← 2.1.2 diff Jan 23, 2024
updated 2.1.2 ← 2.1.1 diff Feb 12, 2023
updated 2.1.1 ← 2.1.0 diff Oct 17, 2022
updated 2.1.0 ← 2.0.3 diff May 31, 2022
updated 2.0.3 ← 2.0.2 diff Mar 21, 2022
updated 2.0.2 ← 2.0.1 diff Mar 17, 2022
updated 2.0.1 ← 2.0.0 diff Mar 15, 2022
updated 2.0.0 ← 1.5.1 diff Dec 9, 2021
updated 1.5.1 ← 1.5.0 diff Sep 16, 2021
updated 1.5.0 ← 1.4.0 diff Jun 3, 2021
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.1 diff Mar 31, 2021
updated 1.3.1 ← 1.3.0 diff Feb 15, 2021
updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.2 diff Feb 1, 2021