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Re: [igraph] stochastic nature of network coordinate generation?
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Gábor Csárdi |
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Re: [igraph] stochastic nature of network coordinate generation? |
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Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:59:34 -0400 |
Hi James,
see ?set.seed.
Best,
G.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:33 PM, James T Metz <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Igraph Users,
>
> I am using the following function to generate 2D coordinates for a
> network
>
> coords <- layout.fruchterman.reingold(network, weights =
> E(network)$weight)
>
> However, I have noted that when I call this function several times,
> I get different
> coordinates for the same input. Hence, there seems to be some kind of
> stochastic
> or random characteristic of this function.
>
> Is there a random number seed or some parameter that can be set so
> that the same
> output coordinates are generated for the same input every time this function
> is called?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Jim Metz
>
>
> James T. Metz, Ph.D.
> Senior Scientist III Chemistry
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