Error: ggnet2 cannot plot multiplex graphs

briatte / ggnet

Network visualization with ggplot2

https://briatte.github.io/ggnet/

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Error: ggnet2 cannot plot multiplex graphs #32

Closed jzadra closed 5 years ago

jzadra commented 6 years ago

I can't find any info on what a multiplex graph is. Additional info on the help / io page would be useful, as my graph looks the same as all the ones on the io page. I'd like to know what is causing it to be classified as multiplex.

WillyWinkel commented 6 years ago

mulitplex apparently says that there can be multiple edges between two nodes. Can be removed for plotting with simplify(net)

briatte commented 5 years ago

Hi @jzadra

All apologies for leaving your question unanswered.

@WillyWinkel is correct, 'multiplex' means your graph has multiple edges of different kinds between at least some of its nodes. Passing your graph object to simplify does indeed resolve the issue, although I cannot remember right now what it will do to your multiple edges.