Small-scale fishing modelling using Bayesian networks (a.k.a. belief propagation networks)

Author: Phillip P.A. Staniczenko pstaniczenko@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Please cite:

Social ties explain catch portfolios of small-scale fishers in the Caribbean

Alexander, S.M., Staniczenko, P.P.A. & Bodin, O.

Fish and Fisheries, vol. X, ppXX--XX (2019)

Date: 7th October 2019

Notes

Before running the R script, SSF_BNAnalysis_Staniczenko_distribute.R, you must first compile for your specific computer the C source file

fNMLofDAG.c

to generate the executable file

fNMLGet

To run the R script, ensure all required files are in your working directory, then in R type

source("SSF_BNAnalysis_Staniczenko_distribute.R")

Outputs

Total lengths for model-data combinations;

prints results to screen and also saves results as a csv file in the working directory

Required program files

ZipData.py

fNMLGet executable (must be compiled for you computer from source file, fNMLofDAG.c)

Required data files

manID.csv

manTrait_metadata.csv (heirarchy is column 3)

fishID.csv

fishTrait_metadata.csv

catchportfolio_manfishedgelist.csv

socialnetwork_edgelist.csv