Multiple imputation for missing edge data: A predictive evaluation method with application to Add Health

Social Networks

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-98

  Wang, Cheng ^a   Butts, Carter T ^b   Hipp, John R ^b   Jose, Rupa ^b   Lakon, Cynthia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ERGM based imputation; Held Out Predictive Evaluation (HOPE); Missing edge data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953303172     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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