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graphLayout

Generate Graph Layout

Description

This function generates plot coordinates for each variable in a graph that does not have them already. To this end, the well-known “Spring” layout algorithm is used. Note that this is a stochastic algorithm, so the generated layout will be different every time (which also means that you can try several times until you find a decent layout).

Usage

graphLayout(x, method = "spring")

Arguments

`x`	the input graph, of any type.
`method`	the layout method; currently, only `"spring"` is supported.

Value

the same graph as x but with layout coordinates added.

Examples

## Generate a layout for the M-bias graph and plot it
plot( graphLayout( dagitty( "dag { X <- U1 -> M <- U2 -> Y } " ) ) )
## Plot larger graph and abbreviate its variable names.
plot( getExample("Shrier"), abbreviate.names=TRUE )

dagitty

Graphical Analysis of Structural Causal Models

v0.3-1

GPL-2

Authors

Johannes Textor, Benito van der Zander, Ankur Ankan

Initial release

2021-01-20