Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Analysis of sparse animal social networks
Helen K. Mylne, Jackie Abell, Colin M. Beale…·Daniel Wayne Franks
The paper addresses bias in estimating edge weights in sparse animal social networks by introducing zero-inflation into a Bayesian framework, demonstrating improved performance over frequentist methods in elephant data.
DOI 10.1101/2024.10.31.621436