Arrive New Nodes to the netsim_dat Object

Arrive New Nodes to the netsim_dat Object

Usage

arrive_nodes(dat, nArrivals)

Arguments

dat

the netsim_dat object

nArrivals

number of new nodes to arrive

Value

the updated netsim_dat object with nArrivals new nodes added

Details

nArrivals new nodes are added to the network data stored on the netsim_dat object. If tergmLite is FALSE, these nodes are activated from the current timestep onward. Attributes for the new nodes must be set separately. On each clique layer (see netclique()), the new nodes are then placed under the layer's arrivals rule, which may set the layer's grouping attribute for them and add their edges. A model with an observed network layer (see netcensus()) has a fixed node set, and both this function and depart_nodes() stop if asked to change it.

Note that this function only supports arriving new nodes; returning to an active state nodes that were previously active in the network is not supported.